helter-skelter

/hel-ter-skel-ter/US // ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər //UK // (ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə) //

慌慌张张,慌慌张张的,杂乱无章,杂乱无章的

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : in headlong and disorderly haste: The children ran helter-skelter all over the house.
- : in a haphazard manner; without regard for order: Clothes were scattered helter-skelter about the room.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : carelessly hurried; confused: They ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits.
- : disorderly; haphazard: Books and papers were scattered on the desk in a helter-skelter manner.

n.名词 noun

adj.with undue hurry and confusion

Synonyms

The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.
The rest of the folk go helter-skelter thither, the nose of one under the tail of the other; but you follow a wiser fashion.
These we filled with the remaining seedlings, helter skelter, just for a splash of colour, and watered from the brook itself.
When he sees anyone coming, he gives a yell that lasts a minute, and then the whole troop sets off helter-skelter.
Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
But it is not only a matter of reaching a systematic instead of a helter-skelter enjoyment of 116 the offerings of the world.

/hel-ter-skel-ter/US // ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər //UK // (ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə) //

慌慌张张,慌慌张张的,杂乱无章,杂乱无章的

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : in headlong and disorderly haste: The children ran helter-skelter all over the house.
- : in a haphazard manner; without regard for order: Clothes were scattered helter-skelter about the room.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : carelessly hurried; confused: They ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits.
- : disorderly; haphazard: Books and papers were scattered on the desk in a helter-skelter manner.

n.名词 noun

adj.with undue hurry and confusion

Synonyms

The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.
The rest of the folk go helter-skelter thither, the nose of one under the tail of the other; but you follow a wiser fashion.
These we filled with the remaining seedlings, helter skelter, just for a splash of colour, and watered from the brook itself.
When he sees anyone coming, he gives a yell that lasts a minute, and then the whole troop sets off helter-skelter.
Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
But it is not only a matter of reaching a systematic instead of a helter-skelter enjoyment of 116 the offerings of the world.