2013年成人学位英语辅导:叠声合成词(2)

叠声合成词

●Willy-nilly, young people at the age of 18 must go for military training.(不管愿意或不愿意)

●Don't play hanky-panky with your friends.(阴谋诡计)

●When rain suddenly came, the pedestrians ran helter-skelter.(狼狈地)

●Tom and his friends used to hob-nob in the bar.(共饮、亲切地交谈)

●The defeated soldiers retreated pell-mell.(混乱地)

●The market in the morning is usually filled with hurly-burly.(喧闹)

叠声合成词形象清新,但数量不多,用的范畴也较局限,通常都不在严肃或正式的场合出现。