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单词 helter-skelter
释义 hel·ter-skel·ter
I. \|heltə(r)|skeltə(r)\ adverb
Etymology: imitative
1. : in headlong disorder : pell-mell
 < ran helter-skelter, getting in each other's way — F.V.W.Mason >
2. : in random order : haphazardly
 < magazines stacked helter-skelter on tables — T.H.White b. 1915 >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a disorderly confusion : turmoil
 < the horses set off in a wild helter-skelter — J.M.Synge >
 < helter-skelter of conflict, emotion, and group activity — John Gould >
2. : an external spiral slide around a tower in an amusement park
III. adjective
1. : confused and hurried : precipitate
 < most companies are plagued with helter-skelter disorder when that five o'clock whistle blows — Modern Industry >
2.
 a. : hit-or-miss : haphazard
  < shocked at the helter-skelter arrangement of the papers, all mussed and frayed — Jean Stafford >
  < the helter-skelter nondirectional nature of the discussion — John Withall >
 b. : flighty, scatterbrained
  < helter-skelter attitude of the younger generation — Erle Stanley Gardner >
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