helter-skelter

短语

n. 慌张, 螺旋滑梯 adv. 慌张, 无计划地

发音

US /ˌhɛltɚˈskɛltɚ/
UK /ˌhɛltəˈskɛltə/

词形变化

helter-skelters 复数 helter-skelters more helter-skelter 比较级 most helter-skelter 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Confusion or turmoil.

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  2. 2.

    An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Carelessly hurried and confused.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In confused, disorderly haste.

    The winds knocked huge trees helter-skelter all over my garden.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

chaotic pell-mell

近义相关 3

hurried disorganized disorganised
副词

同义词 1

every which way

词源

In form a reduplication (similar to hurry-scurry and harum-scarum, both with initial /h-/ and /sk-/); perhaps based on Middle English skelten ("to hasten; to raise an alarm"), or maybe related to Old High German skeltan (“scold”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“make noise, yell”), employed as a fossil word.

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