confused; disorderly 纷乱的;混乱的 a spirit of careless frivolity where all was hugger-mugger. 一片混乱,无聊之至。
secret; clandestine 秘密的;私下的
noun [mass noun]
confusion; muddle 混乱;纷乱
secrecy 秘密,隐秘
语源
early 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): probably related to huddle and to dialect mucker 'hoard money, conceal'. This is one of a number of similar formations from late Middle English to the 16th cent., including hucker-mucker and hudder-mudder, with the basic sense 'secrecy, concealment'