helter-skelter

['helt?'skelt?]
  • n. 狼狽；慌張
  • adv. 匆忙地；混亂地
  • adj. 倉(cāng)促忙亂的；雜亂的

中文詞源

helter-skelter 游樂(lè)場(chǎng)的螺旋滑梯

詞源不詳，helter為 skelter的韻律構(gòu)詞?？赡軄?lái)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.