Lunatic
[ 'lʊnə'tɪk ]
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n. 精神失常者，精神病人;疯子;极愚蠢的人;狂人;
adj. 疯狂的;精神错乱的;愚蠢的;极端的;
💡 词根助记
lunat=lunar月亮+ic人 →月亮的盈亏引起精神病 →疯子
📝 例句
His second wife died in a lunatic asylum. It was in the blood.
他的第二个太太是在疯人院里死去的。那是遗传
Moreover it was filled with a sort of exaltation, a lunatic intensity.
此外，还充满了一种兴奋的表情，紧张得近乎疯狂。
The man's lunatic behavior is a menace to society.
那个人的疯狂行为构成对社会的威胁。
I know that there used to be such lunatic affairs as divorce courts.
我知道以往曾经有过离婚法庭之类丧心病狂的玩艺儿。
He saved like a lunatic squirrel for a new ice age.
他很象一只为防备新冰川期来临而积攒粮食的松鼠。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※lunatic-疯子,luna-月亮:疯子思念月亮上的嫦娥
※ lunacy-精神病,lunar-月亮:西方人认为在月圆之夜,人们会做愚蠢的事
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
lunatic
n
1 (dated 旧) insane person 精神失常者; 疯子.
2 wildly foolish person 极愚蠢的人
You're driving on the wrong side of the road, you lunatic! 你现在是逆行开车, 你这个蠢材! lunatic, adj
1 (dated 旧) insane 精神失常的; 疯的.
2 wildly foolish 极愚蠢的: a lunatic proposal 极愚蠢的建议.
3 (idm 习语) the ,lunatic `fringe (derog 贬) those members of a political or some other group whose views are regarded as wildly extreme or eccentric 极端分子
The lunatic fringe is/are ignored by most members of the party. 绝大部分党员对极端分子不予理睬.
🔁 扩展释义
*['lu:nәtik]n. 疯人, 癫狂者, 愚蠢的人a. 疯癫的, 愚蠢的, 丧心病狂的, 精神错乱的【医】 精神错乱的, 精神病患者
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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I believe my English fluency is quite good.
我认为自己的英语相当的流利。
I'd like to know how you reached your conclusions.
我想知道你们是如何得出结论的。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。