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helter-skelter是什么意思

n. 狼狈;慌张

adv. 匆忙地;混乱地

adj. 仓促忙乱的;杂乱的

中文词源

helter-skelter 游乐场的螺旋滑梯

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。

英文词源

helter-skelter (adv.)
also helter skelter, 1590s, perhaps from skelte "to hasten, scatter hurriedly," with the first element there merely for the sake of rhyme. As an adjective from 1785.

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