英语词汇“higgledy-piggledy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

higgledy-piggledy

/ˌhɪɡ(ə)ldɪˈpɪɡ(ə)ldi

adverb & adjective

In confusion or disorder: [as adverb]: bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the walls [as adjective]: a higgledy-piggledy mountain of newspapers...

It was the previous owner, John Hegarty, who commissioned Hewett to draw up plans for the new house, a higgledy-piggledy amalgamation of neo-Georgian elements, for which permission was granted.
Adding to the higgledy-piggledy feel of the pub is the situation of the bar, the main part is in one of the front rooms, with a serving hatch tucked under the stairs in the middle of the pub to serve the other rooms.
The site occupies the corner of a somewhat higgledy-piggledy plaza dominated by a small, historic church.

Synonyms

disordered, disorderly, untidy, disorganized, messy, chaotic, jumbled, muddled, confused, unsystematic, irregular, cluttered, littered;

out of order, out of place, in disarray, in a mess, in a jumble, in a muddle, upside-down, at sixes and sevens, haywire, haphazard

informal all over the place, like a bomb's hit it

British informal shambolic, all over the shop

North American informal all over the map, all over the lot

rare orderless

in disorder, in a muddle, in a jumble, in disarray, in a disorganized manner, untidily, haphazardly, indiscriminately, in a mess, in confusion, in a heap, anyhow, any old how, pell-mell, topsy-turvy

informal all over the place, every which way

British informal all over the shop

North American informal all over the map, all over the lot

Origin

Late 16th century: rhyming jingle, probably with reference to the irregular herding together of pigs.

This is a rhyming jingle probably used with reference to the herding together of pigs in a disorderly and confused way.

单词	higgledy-piggledy
释义	higgledy-piggledy /ˌhɪɡ(ə)ldɪˈpɪɡ(ə)ldi / adverb & adjective In confusion or disorder: [as adverb]: bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the walls [as adjective]: a higgledy-piggledy mountain of newspapers... It was the previous owner, John Hegarty, who commissioned Hewett to draw up plans for the new house, a higgledy-piggledy amalgamation of neo-Georgian elements, for which permission was granted. Adding to the higgledy-piggledy feel of the pub is the situation of the bar, the main part is in one of the front rooms, with a serving hatch tucked under the stairs in the middle of the pub to serve the other rooms. The site occupies the corner of a somewhat higgledy-piggledy plaza dominated by a small, historic church. Synonyms disordered, disorderly, untidy, disorganized, messy, chaotic, jumbled, muddled, confused, unsystematic, irregular, cluttered, littered; out of order, out of place, in disarray, in a mess, in a jumble, in a muddle, upside-down, at sixes and sevens, haywire, haphazard informal all over the place, like a bomb's hit it British informal shambolic, all over the shop North American informal all over the map, all over the lot rare orderless in disorder, in a muddle, in a jumble, in disarray, in a disorganized manner, untidily, haphazardly, indiscriminately, in a mess, in confusion, in a heap, anyhow, any old how, pell-mell, topsy-turvy informal all over the place, every which way British informal all over the shop North American informal all over the map, all over the lot Origin Late 16th century: rhyming jingle, probably with reference to the irregular herding together of pigs. This is a rhyming jingle probably used with reference to the herding together of pigs in a disorderly and confused way.
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