词汇 | harum-scarum |
释义 | harum-scarum adverb, adjective old-fashioneduk /ˌheə.rəmˈskeə.rəm/ us /ˌher.əmˈsker.əm/ (behaving) in an uncontrolled way冒失地,鲁莽地,轻率地 Compare pell-mellold-fashioned Chance and randomness accident accident of birth aleatory arbitrarily arbitrariness coincidence crapshoot even money fluke fluky luck luck into something more by accident than designidiom more by luck than judgmentidiom non-purposive randomness serendipitous serendipitously sortition stumble into something You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Uncontrolled Examples of harum-scarumharum-scarum Many reduplications are of this sort - dilly-dally, harum-scarum, humdrum, mumbo-jumbo, namby-pamby. We should refuse to tolerate harum-scarum methods of buying, not related to national needs or the state of our own industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many of us do not have regard for the wild, harum-scarum boy of 11 and like him better than the little swot? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we still rushed harum-scarum around the countryside, leaving a trail of devastation and breaking our arms and legs ad lib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not back alley, harum-scarum politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The title is a homonym with an old nonsense expression (harum-scarum, meaning reckless or irresponsible) that has nothing to do with rabbits as such. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The painter has been described as a harum-scarum character, but also as a dashing painter, who was able to seize quickly and firmly upon a likeness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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