| 释义 |
crack-brain|ˈkrækbreɪn|
[For crackt-brain: see next and crack- 2.]
One having a cracked brain or impaired intellect; a crazy fellow.
c1570Marr. Wit & Sc. ii. i. in Hazl. Dodsley II. 334 Such a crackbrain as thou art. a1661B. Holyday Juvenal 91 Sure, once thou wast No crack-brain. 1831Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 329 If the unhappy crackbrain has any handicraft.
b. attrib.
1718F. Hutchinson Witchcraft Ded., Any crack'd brain Girl. 1815Lamb Lett. to Southey in Talfourd II. 10 These crack-brain metaphysics. |