| 单词 | helter-skelter |
| 释义 | helter-skelter (once / 8867 pages) adjadv Helter-skelter things are disorganized, hasty, and appear completely random. Your helter-skelter housekeeping style will definitely not impress your tidy grandmother when she comes to visit. You can use helter-skelter as an adjective, to describe something disorderly, or an adverb for things that are done haphazardly: "The little car, packed full of clowns, took off helter-skelter down the street." This word has been around since the 16th century, from the Middle English skelte, "to scatter hurriedly." The Beatles made it famous when they named a song "Helter Skelter" on the 1968 record popularly called "The White Album." WORD FAMILYhelter-skelter USAGE EXAMPLESAnd doing better will require a coherent plan from the White House, not just helter-skelter private projects. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) But it was in the 20th century, with all its wars, revolutions, upheavals and helter-skelter technological change, that maps became truly democratised. Economist(Nov 02, 2016) What ensued, in a helter-skelter match, was extraordinary. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) 1adj with undue hurry and confusion a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause Syn pell-mell hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste 2adj lacking a visible order or organization Syn chaotic disorganised, disorganized lacking order or methodical arrangement or function 3adv haphazardly the books were piled up helter-skelter Syn every which way |
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