英语词汇“heels over head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. heels over head: so that one's heels are in the air and one's head is below them; so as turn completely over, as in a somersault; (figurative) headlong, precipitously; (so as to be) in a state of chaos or disorder, topsy-turvy. Also attributive.Now less common than head over heels at head n.¹ Phrases 3i(c). Cf. also heels over gowdy at gowdy n.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > head over heels

tail over top1303

top over tailc1330

heels over headc1400

tail and top1558

head over heels1678

over head and heels1678

heels over gowdy1751

head over tip1824

arse over tip1922

ass over tea-kettle1963

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 271 He [sc. Jonas] glydes in by þe giles þurȝ glaymande glette,..Ay hele ouer hed hourlande aboute.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxv. 160 He incontinently turned heels over head in the aire, and streight found himself betwixt the bowe of the saddle in a good settlement.

1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. clxxvii. 370 Not Rashly to Venture Hand over Head, or rather Heels over Head, but to let Wisdom Counsel before Courage Fights.

?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) 33 Arsy versy, heels over-head.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 81 Now by this time the house is heels o'er head.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 376 They..An uncouth feat exhibit, and are gone Heels over head .

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 523 A total circumgyration, summerset, or tumble heels-over-head in the Political relations of Europe.

1887 Cent. Mag. Nov. 49/1 What'll happen if you go on in this heels-over-head way?

1915 Moody's Mag. Aug. 387/2 You'll be able to hold your head up—and that's more than you can do now if you are heels over head in debt.

1952 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 16 July 7 Of recent years the way of homes and living has gone heels over head, topsy-turvy.

2010 Register-Herald (Beckley, W. Virginia) 13 Jan. 3 b/1 Aldridge tripped over a ball and went heels-over-head before landing on the back of his head.

单词	heels over head
释义	> as lemmas heels over head a. heels over head: so that one's heels are in the air and one's head is below them; so as turn completely over, as in a somersault; (figurative) headlong, precipitously; (so as to be) in a state of chaos or disorder, topsy-turvy. Also attributive.Now less common than head over heels at head n.¹ Phrases 3i(c). Cf. also heels over gowdy at gowdy n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > head over heels tail over top1303 top over tailc1330 heels over headc1400 tail and top1558 head over heels1678 over head and heels1678 heels over gowdy1751 head over tip1824 arse over tip1922 ass over tea-kettle1963 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 271 He [sc. Jonas] glydes in by þe giles þurȝ glaymande glette,..Ay hele ouer hed hourlande aboute. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxv. 160 He incontinently turned heels over head in the aire, and streight found himself betwixt the bowe of the saddle in a good settlement. 1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. clxxvii. 370 Not Rashly to Venture Hand over Head, or rather Heels over Head, but to let Wisdom Counsel before Courage Fights. ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) 33 Arsy versy, heels over-head. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 81 Now by this time the house is heels o'er head. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 376 They..An uncouth feat exhibit, and are gone Heels over head . View more context for this quotation 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 523 A total circumgyration, summerset, or tumble heels-over-head in the Political relations of Europe. 1887 Cent. Mag. Nov. 49/1 What'll happen if you go on in this heels-over-head way? 1915 Moody's Mag. Aug. 387/2 You'll be able to hold your head up—and that's more than you can do now if you are heels over head in debt. 1952 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 16 July 7 Of recent years the way of homes and living has gone heels over head, topsy-turvy. 2010 Register-Herald (Beckley, W. Virginia) 13 Jan. 3 b/1 Aldridge tripped over a ball and went heels-over-head before landing on the back of his head. extracted from heeln.¹int. < as lemmas
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