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单词 helter-skelter
释义
helter-skelter
adverb
uk
/ˌhel.təˈskel.tər/us
/ˌhel.t̬ɚˈskel.t̬ɚ/
quicklyand in alldirections:
忙乱地，混乱地
People werescreamingandrunninghelter-skelter down thestepstoescapetheflames.人们尖叫着，慌乱地跑下楼梯逃离火场。
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Fast and rapid
  • (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
  • apace
  • as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
  • as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
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  • fleet
  • in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • like a shotidiom
  • like a streak of lightningidiom
  • prompt
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfireidiom
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helter-skelter
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˌhel.təˈskel.tər/us
/ˌhel.t̬ɚˈskel.t̬ɚ/
atallstructureat afairthat youslidedown and around forenjoyment
（游乐场的）螺旋滑梯
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Carnival, fairground & circus
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  • aerialist
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  • big dipper
  • big top
  • coconut shy
  • custard pie
  • Dodgem (car)
  • fairground
  • Ferris wheel
  • fire-eater
  • juggler
  • juggling
  • merry-go-round
  • midway
  • Punch and Judy show
  • ringmaster
  • trapeze
  • unicycle
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(Definition ofhelter-skelterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

helter-skelter| American Dictionary

helter-skelter
adjective,adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈhel·tərˈskel·tər/
hurriedand notorganized:
People wererunninghelter-skelter out of thebuilding.
(Definition ofhelter-skelterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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helter-skelter
What would seem to be a scherzo section now steps forward but is interrupted by a slower passage before thehelter-skelterresumes.
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The men there are appalled at the sudden decision, with-oust consultation, to impose thishelter-skelterscheme of shutting down the works.
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However, it is like ahelter-skelterin that once the first yard or two is covered it is impossible to stop.
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Every aspect of the industry, including newspapers and radio as well as television, is affected by thehelter-skelterof new technology.
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Today, when time goeshelter-skelter, that is too long and perhaps too expensive a process, so new machinery has had to be devised.
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Secondly, it is important that we operate within the proper legal constraints which stop a precipitatehelter-skelterrush to 4 conclusion.
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Those services fear a cutback in manpower and appliances as a result of thehelter-skelterpath taken towards public expenditure cuts.
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It will not sell themhelter-skelter, but it will not retain them in the manner of a holding company.
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We are moving towards that objective at a steady and measured pace, not at ahelter-skelterpace.
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I am not impressed by this hectichelter-skelterglobe-trot.
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We must not emerge from this period with ahelter-skelterrush of wage demands.
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It does not need thehelter-skelterof a crisis every week that may be the final crisis to bring down growers and farmers.
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She is rather like a person who has wandered into a desert, sees a mirage in the distance and rusheshelter-skelterfor it.
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But is it not a thing that you can go athelter-skelter.
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If there is a scatter,helter-skelterthroughout the city, these links cannot be built up.
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