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helter-skelter

adjective
🔊/ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/
🔊/ˌheltər ˈskeltər/
[only before noun]
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  1. done in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization忙乱的；仓促的
    • a helter-skelter dash to meet the deadline最后期限到来前的匆忙赶工
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHelter-skelter is used with these nouns:
    • ride
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.

helter-skelter

noun
🔊/ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/
🔊/ˌheltər ˈskeltər/
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  1. a tall tower at a fairground that has a path winding around the outside of it from the top to the bottom for people to slide down（游乐场的）螺旋滑梯
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.

helter-skelter

adverb
🔊/ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/
🔊/ˌheltər ˈskeltər/
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  1. in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization忙乱的；仓促的
    • People ran helter-skelter. There were bodies on the ground and the injured were crying.人们大肆宣传。地面上有尸体，受伤者在哭。
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