| 单词 | lunatic |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['lju:nətik] |
| 解释 | n.疯子；a.极蠢的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 疯子(an insane person)；adj. 极蠢的(utterly foolish) 【记】 luna(月亮)+cy→人们 认为精神病与月盈亏 有关→疯狂_ 【同】 同根词：lunar(月球 的); lunula(新月状物); Luna原指罗马神话中 的月亮女神 【例】 A lunatic escaped from the mental hospital. |
| 字源 | lunatic (adj.) late 13c., "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from Old French lunatique, lunage "insane," or directly from Late Latin lunaticus "moon-struck," from Latin luna "moon" (see Luna). Compare Old English monseoc "lunatic," literally "moon-sick;" Middle High German lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (German Laune), from Latin luna. Compare also New Testament Greek seleniazomai "be epileptic," from selene "moon." Lunatic fringe (1913) apparently was coined by U.S. politician Theodore Roosevelt. Then, among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it -- the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements. [Theodore Roosevelt, autobiography, 1913]. Earlier it was a term for a type of hairstyle worn over the forehead (1877). Lunatic soup (1933) was Australian slang for "alcoholic drink." lunatic (n.) "lunatic person," late 14c., from lunatic (adj.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 极蠢的; 精神错乱的 = insane; n 疯子 【记】luna月亮－精神病与月亮的盈亏是有关的读: 露那儿tic－把那儿给露出来－疯子 【参】lunar(adj 月的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】luna 月亮，源自有种认为精神病与月盈亏有关的理论；音：露男体，男性身体暴露狂，一种精神病 |
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