helter-skelter

美 [ˌheltər ˈskeltər]英 [ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)]
  • n.(游乐场的)螺旋滑梯
  • adj.忙乱的;仓促的
  • adv.匆促忙乱地(的),慌慌张张的

派生词: helter-skelter adv.

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noun

BrE(游乐场的)螺旋滑梯
a tall tower at a fairground that has a path twisting around the outside of it from the top to the bottom for people to slide down

adj.

only before noun忙乱的;仓促的
done in a hurry and in a way that lacks organization

a helter-skelter dash to meet the deadline

最后期限到来前的匆忙赶工

helter-skelter

频次

  • 1
    ADJ 匆促忙乱的;杂乱无章的
    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.

    他乱糟糟的生活中现在又面临着另一个危机。

adj

1
with undue hurry and confusion
a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
a pell-mell dash for the train
Synonym: pell-mell
2
lacking a visible order or organization
Synonym: chaotic

adv

1
haphazardly
the books were piled up helter-skelter
Synonym: every which way

数据来源:WordNet

  1. He now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter existence .

    他乱糟糟的生活中现在又面临着另一个危机。

  2. Cars zoomed helter-skelter , honking belligerently .

    大街上来往车辆穿梭不停,喇叭声刺耳

  3. We live in a helter-skelter world of congestion , noise and traffic .

    我们生活在一个拥挤、喧嚣和繁忙交通的世界之中。

  4. Mr Keller sees continuity where others see helter-skelter change .

    别人眼中杂乱无章的变迁在凯勒眼里却具有连续性。

  5. The last minute helter-skelter rush for the bus .

    在最后一刻争相上公共汽车时的冲挤。

  6. The stars are not scattered helter-skelter throughout space .

    恒星并非杂乱无章地散布在太空的。

  7. Pieces of rubbish blowing helter-skelter across the concrete .

    在混凝土的地上被风刮来刮去的垃圾。

  8. The movers piled the furniture helter-skelter in the living room of the new house .

    搬家的人把家具乱七八糟地堆在新房子的起居室里。

  9. People were screaming and running helter-skelter down the steps to escape the flames .

    人们尖叫着,慌乱地跑下楼梯逃避火灾。

  10. They rushed about helter-skelter collecting dung and carrying earth .

    他们忙忙乱乱地跑来跑去拾粪担土。

  11. As ISPs grew helter-skelter , there was very little effort to standardize security on any level .

    当网际服务慌张成长,有非常小的努力标准化在任何的水平上的安全。

  12. They ran in a mad , helter-skelter fashion for the exits .

    他们慌张仓皇地冲向出口。

  13. In China , which has experienced three decades of helter-skelter development , 80 per cent of respondents think income inequality is too great .

    在经历了30年仓促发展的中国,80%的受访者认为收入不均过于严重。

  14. When the bell rang , the pupils ran helter-skelter out of the door .

    下课铃响时,学生们蜂拥冲出门去。

  15. The impact on the country 's health from the environmental side-effects of China 's helter-skelter industrialisation is becoming ever more evident .

    中国仓促上马的工业化在环境方面所引发的副作用,对国民健康的影响正变得前所未有的突出。

  16. A helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause ; a pell-mell dash for the train .

    永不停歇的匆忙、混乱的生活方式;急急忙忙赶火车。

  17. She went helter-skelter down the stairs .

    她慌张地走下楼梯。

  18. Raisa GorBachev snuck away yesterday afternoon for a 65-minute helter-skelter tour of San Francisco

    赖沙·戈尔巴乔夫昨天下午悄悄地溜了出去,在旧金山做了一次六十五分钟的仓促旅行

  19. displaying them with the helter-skelter picturesqueness that distinguishes a painter 's studio .

    使它带着一个画家工作室所特有的那种富有艺术性的凌乱。

  20. All of this might be dismissed as artistic conceit except that , behind all the official bluster about progress , the Expo has also prompted a lot of thinking about the helter-skelter modernisation that the city has undergone .

    这一切可能被斥为艺术家的自负。然而,在官方大肆宣传的进展背后,世博会也让人们对上海仓促而忙乱的现代化产生了许多想法。

  21. As we skipped through , we cast off our head-scarves like winds puffing away clouds to make way for the sun then ran helter-skelter up the steps . At the top of the steps was an open courtyard with doors to all the classrooms .

    我们依次走上楼梯,楼梯尽头有一个和各间教室相连的开放式庭院,我们将书包留在教室里,然后回到庭院进行早祷。