Translations for „helter-skelter“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

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helter-skelter [ˈheltəˈskeltə] ADJ ADV

helter-skelter

慌慌张张的(或地) huānghuāngzhāngzhāngde

helter-skelter

手忙脚乱的(或地) shǒu máng jiǎo luàn de

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English

Certainly not the soil, which we are sending helter-skelter down river.

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We don't passively perceive the world -- we tell stories about it, translating the helter-skelter of events into tidy narratives.

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It was frantic, it was helter-skelter, it was magnificent really.

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He tackled everything that moved and led from the front with his trademark helter-skelter approach.

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In the second of these, the piano is let loose in a cadenza of helter-skelter zest, ebulliently veering into unexpected tonal highways.

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He recalled that there were occasion when some of the reptiles fell from the trees under which the pupils were studying, sending them running helter-skelter.

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Many of the elites, unused to street fighting, ran helter-skelter and hid under the desks.

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They remained calm when all about them was panic and mayhem, seemingly oblivious to the helter-skelter of the bumping and jostling of the final kilometres.

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Does she want us to be all helter-skelter?

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A contemporary photo shows the track on flat land adjacent to a river and the showground with a helter-skelter.

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