helter-skelter
['helt?'skelt?]
- n. 狼狽；慌張
- adv. 匆忙地；混亂地
- adj. 倉促忙亂的；雜亂的
中文詞源
helter-skelter 游樂場的螺旋滑梯
詞源不詳，helter為 skelter的韻律構(gòu)詞。可能來自skel-,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同scoliosis,isosceles.由彎，轉(zhuǎn)引申詞義螺旋滑梯。
英文詞源
- 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.