in hugger-mugger
常用于介词in后，表示秘密或混乱的状态。
They conducted their business in hugger-mugger.
他们秘密地进行交易。
秘密；杂乱
混乱。
Disorder.
The meeting descended into hugger-mugger as everyone spoke at once.
会议陷入一片混乱，每个人都同时发言。
用法提示：hugger-mugger 作为名词，表示混乱的状态。
They conducted the negotiations in strict hugger-mugger.
他们秘密地进行谈判。
用法提示：hugger-mugger 作为名词，表示秘密的状态。
The office was in such hugger-mugger that files were scattered everywhere.
办公室里一片杂乱，文件散落一地。
用法提示：hugger-mugger 作为名词，表示杂乱的状态。
常用于介词in后，表示秘密或混乱的状态。
They conducted their business in hugger-mugger.
他们秘密地进行交易。
后接of短语，说明秘密或混乱的来源。
The hugger-mugger of the crowd made it hard to think.
人群的混乱让人难以思考。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a hugger-mugger decision.
正确表达He made the decision in hugger-mugger.
“hugger-mugger” 是名词，表示秘密或混乱的状态，不能用作形容词修饰名词。应改为 “in hugger-mugger” 作为状语。
grammar · medium
易错句子They hugger-muggered the plan.
正确表达They kept the plan in hugger-mugger.
“hugger-mugger” 是名词，不是动词。表达“秘密地做某事”应使用动词短语如 “keep in hugger-mugger”，其中 hugger-mugger 作为名词。
hugger-mugger强调混乱或秘密的状态，而hodgepodge侧重混杂的混合物或杂乱无章的集合。
hugger-mugger可指秘密行动，而hubbub指嘈杂混乱的场面，通常伴随噪音。
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