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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
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pell-mellold-fashioned
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harum-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.
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How many of us do not have regard for the wild, harum-scarum boy of 11 and like him better than the little swot?
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But we still rushed harum-scarum around the countryside, leaving a trail of devastation and breaking our arms and legs ad lib.
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We are not back alley, harum-scarum politicians.
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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.
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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.
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