| 英语单词 | maniac |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['meɪniæk] 美 ['meɪniæk] |
| 中文释义 | n.疯子;热衷者;躁狂者 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He drives like a maniac. (2) A maniac had gouged several holes in the priceless painting. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他象疯子似地开车。 (2) 有个狂徒在那幅价值连城的画上乱凿了几个洞。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A maniac is a crazy person. Screaming like a maniac is never a good way to get your point across. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Long ago, the word maniac was an official psychiatric term that meant "a patient suffering from mania," or manic disorder, involving a euphoric mood and extreme energy. Maniac isn't used in a clinical way anymore, but only informally to mean "lunatic." You might describe yourself running around the house like a maniac looking for your car keys, or dismiss your sports-obsessed brother as "a football maniac." The Greek root is mania, or "madness." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]疯子;狂人 A maniac is a mad person who is violent and dangerous.
2 [ADJ 形容词]极其愚蠢的;疯狂的 If you describe someone's behaviour as maniac, you are emphasizing that it is extremely foolish and uncontrolled. [ADJ n] [emphasis]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](宗教或体育的)狂热分子,过激分子 If you call someone, for example, a religious maniac or a sports maniac, you are critical of them because they have such a strong interest in religion or sport. [supp N] [disapproval]
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