| 单词 | helter-skelter |
| 释义 | helter-skelter /hel"teuhr skel"teuhr/, adv. 1. in headlong and disorderly haste: The children ran helter-skelter all over the house. 2. in a haphazard manner; without regard for order: Clothes were scattered helter-skelter about the room. adj. 3. carelessly hurried; confused: They ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits. 4. disorderly; haphazard: Books and papers were scattered on the desk in a helter-skelter manner. n. 5. tumultuous disorder; confusion. [1585-95; rhyming compound, perh. based on *skelt, ME skelten to hasten ( < ?); redupl. with initial h parallel to HUBBLE-BUBBLE, HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY, etc.] |
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