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Welter German N Middle Roll Turn Weltə N.混乱,杂乱无章

单词 welter
音标 ['weltə]
解释 n.混乱,杂乱无章
红宝书 【英】 n. 混乱,杂乱无章(a disordered mixture)
【考】 反义词:orderly arrangement(安排有 序的)
字源 welter (v.)
"to roll or twist," early 14c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German welteren "to roll," from Proto-Germanic *waltijan (cognates: Old English wieltan, Old Norse velta, Old High German walzan "to turn, revolve," German wälzen "to roll," Gothic waltjan "to roll"), from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve" (see volvox). Related: Weltered; weltering.
welter (n.)
1590s, "confusion," from welter (v.). The meaning "confused mass" is first recorded 1851.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 混乱, 杂乱无章; (在泥或海中)打滚、翻滚或颠簸
【记】源于: wallow(v /n 打滚)
【反】orderly arrangement(安排有序的)
趣味全助记 【记】wild;wet water 水里弄湿了,滚的

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