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单词 helter-skelter
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helter-skelter

(heltəʳ skeltəʳ)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use helter-skelter to describe something that is hurried and disorganized, especially when things happen very quickly, one after the other.
He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence.
Synonyms: haphazard, confused, disordered, random More Synonyms of helter-skelter
Helter-skelter is also an adverb.
...a panic-stricken crowd running helter-skelter to get away from the tear gas.
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helter-skelter in British English

(ˈhɛltəˈskɛltə)
adjective
1. 
haphazard or carelessly hurried
adverb
2. 
in a helter-skelter manner
noun
3.  British
a high spiral slide, as at a fairground
4. 
disorder or haste
Word origin
C16: probably of imitative origin

helter-skelter in American English

(ˈhɛltərˈskɛltər)
adverb
1. 
in haste and confusion; in a disorderly, hurried manner
adjective
2. 
hurried and confused; disorderly
noun
3. 
anything helter-skelter
Word origin
arbitrary formation, suggesting confusion

Examples of 'helter-skelter' in a sentence
helter-skelter

IT'S been helter-skelter stuff with no quarter given in the heat of battle.
The Sun (2006)
Especially a side that was now moving through the gears and playing the game at a helter-skelter pace.
The Sun (2011)
It was breathless, helter-skelter stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A helter-skelter first half wasn't finished yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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