head over heels

短语

头朝下, 颠倒, 完全地

发音

US /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/
AU
US /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhi.əlz/
UK /ˌhɛd əʊ.və ˈhiːlz/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Hopelessly smitten; madly in love.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.

    She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill.

  2. 2.

    At top speed; frantically.

    Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home.

  3. 3.

    Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 3

topsy-turvy heels over head topsy-turvily

词源

Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).

来源：wiktionary