英语词汇“higgledy-piggledy”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

chaotic

confused

disorderly

topsy-turvyinformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dirty & untidy
all over the placeidiom
Augean
besmeared
bespattered
bloodied
look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
manky
messily
messy
mucky
sluttish
sluttishly
soiled
sordid
sordidly
unsterilized
untidily
untidy
untrimmed
unwashed

Examples of higgledy-piggledy

higgledy-piggledy
And yet, many potential loci of design are, as it were, higgledy-piggledy.
To return to the higgledy-piggledy, hotch-potch state of affairs that existed in this field prior to 1948 is unthinkable.
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The consequence is that you have this higgledy-piggledy development where you have working-class dwellings practically up against belching chimneys, smoke, dirt and such things.
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It seems to me that many of them have been spatchcocked together in a higgledy-piggledy way, with neither rhyme nor reason.
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Many of them, as we all know, are afflicted with what is commonly called blight—neglected, with higgledy-piggledy development, lacking dignity or beauty.
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The result is that delegated legislation is haphazard and higgledy-piggledy.
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Inevitably, many of those building projects were hastily conceived, haphazard and higgledy-piggledy.
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That higgledy-piggledy way of progressing has brought us to our current state.
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What a contrast is displayed by our own higgledy-piggledy marketing arrangements for fruit and vegetables.
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It was built around the site of an old tuberculosis hospital, and has been developed higgledy-piggledy over the years.
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We live in an area where houses were built higgledy-piggledy last century, with the result that we have low assessments and high rates.
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They are less full, and they are produced higgledy-piggledy.
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Do not let us deal with it in a higgledy-piggledy fashion, piecemeal year by year.
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The whole thing is a higgledy-piggledy mess of bureaucratic nonsense.
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It will become necessary for pieces of transport units to be disposed of higgledy-piggledy without any rhyme or reason.
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词汇	higgledy-piggledy
释义	higgledy-piggledy adjective, adverb informaluk /ˌhɪɡ.əl.diˈpɪɡ.əl.di/ us /ˌhɪɡ.əl.diˈpɪɡ.əl.di/ mixed up and in no particular order: 乱七八糟的，杂乱无章的 My clothes are all higgledy-piggledy in my drawers.我的衣服都乱七八糟地塞在抽屉里。 Synonyms chaotic confused disorderly topsy-turvyinformal SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom manky messily messy mucky sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid sordidly unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed Examples of higgledy-piggledy higgledy-piggledy And yet, many potential loci of design are, as it were, higgledy-piggledy. To return to the higgledy-piggledy, hotch-potch state of affairs that existed in this field prior to 1948 is unthinkable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequence is that you have this higgledy-piggledy development where you have working-class dwellings practically up against belching chimneys, smoke, dirt and such things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that many of them have been spatchcocked together in a higgledy-piggledy way, with neither rhyme nor reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them, as we all know, are afflicted with what is commonly called blight—neglected, with higgledy-piggledy development, lacking dignity or beauty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is that delegated legislation is haphazard and higgledy-piggledy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inevitably, many of those building projects were hastily conceived, haphazard and higgledy-piggledy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That higgledy-piggledy way of progressing has brought us to our current state. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a contrast is displayed by our own higgledy-piggledy marketing arrangements for fruit and vegetables. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was built around the site of an old tuberculosis hospital, and has been developed higgledy-piggledy over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We live in an area where houses were built higgledy-piggledy last century, with the result that we have low assessments and high rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are less full, and they are produced higgledy-piggledy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us deal with it in a higgledy-piggledy fashion, piecemeal year by year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing is a higgledy-piggledy mess of bureaucratic nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will become necessary for pieces of transport units to be disposed of higgledy-piggledy without any rhyme or reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of higgledy-piggledy 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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