head over heels

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˌhɛd əʊ.və ˈhiːlz/    美 /ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhilz/|/ˌhɛd oʊ.vɚ ˈhi.əlz/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Hopelessly smitten; madly in love. not-comparable
    — Something happens and I'm head over heels / Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart / Don't, don't, don't throw it away
副词 adv.
  1. Tumbling upside down; somersaulting. not-comparable
    — She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill.
  2. At top speed; frantically. not-comparable
    — Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home.
  3. Hopelessly; madly; to distraction; deeply; utterly. not-comparable,usually
    — I am head over heels in trouble.

词源

词源 1
Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).
词源 2
Attested from the 14ᵗʰ century onwards, originally as heels over head, which better rendered the notion of things being upside down (head over heels is the standard state of being).
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