- in disorderly haste or confusion仓促杂乱的（地）, 混乱的（地）：
as adj. the helter-skelter dash to unity仓促匆忙的统一
as adv. hurtling helter-skelter down the pavement.沿人行道慌张地往前狂奔。
1
- Brit. a tall spiral slide winding around a tower at a fair〈英〉（娱乐场中围绕高塔的）旋转滑梯。
2
- in sing. disorder; confusion杂乱无序; 混乱：
the helter-skelter of a school day.
学校里混乱无序的一天。
词源
late 16th cent. （as an adverb）： a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte 'hasten'.