词组 | helter-skelter |
释义 | Idiom helter-skelter 1. if you do something helter-skelter, you do it very quickly and without organization. We all ran helter-skelter down the stairs as soon as the alarm sounded. 2. helter-skelter - if you do something helter-skelter, you do it very quickly and without organization. Police have been unable to control the helter-skelter growth of the drugs trade. (always before noun)helter-skelter adverb in defiance of order; pell-mell UK, 1593helter-skelter1. adjective Haphazard; chaotic. The campaign has been utterly helter-skelter. They don't even have an official spokesperson, so a lot of contradictory statements have been given by the staff. With such young children, I expected a helter-skelter environment, but the classroom was so orderly. 2. adverb Haphazardly; in a chaotic fashion. You can't just throw in ingredients helter-skelter when you're baking. Everything needs to be measured and added at the right time. |
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