Adjective:
lacking a visible order or organizationwith undue hurry and confusion;a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
a pell-mell dash for the train
Adverb:
haphazardly;the books were piled up helter-skelter
词源不详，helter为 skelter的韵律构词。可能来自skel-,弯，转，词源同scoliosis,isosceles.由弯，转引申词义螺旋滑梯。近义词 chaotic混乱的confused困惑的hurriedly匆忙地haphazard偶然的disorganized紊乱的disorderly无秩序的pell-mell乱七八糟地haphazardly不规则地carelessly粗心大意地every which way四面八方in confusion在混乱中乱七八糟…
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用作名词A hail of fire from us sent the enemy troops fleeing helter skelter.我们一阵炮火打得敌军狼狈逃窜。用作副词A hail of fire from us sent the enemy troops fleeing helter skelter.我们一阵炮火打得敌军狼狈逃窜。