单词 | crazy |
释义 | crazy (kreɪzi ) Word forms: crazier , craziest , crazies 1. adjective A2 If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange. [informal, disapproval] People thought they were all crazy to try to make money from manufacturing. That's why he's got so caught up with this crazy idea about Mr. Trancas. ...that crazy, mixed-up world out there. crazily adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB adjective] The teenagers shook their long, black hair and gesticulated crazily. Our policies are crazily extravagant and very destructive. craziness uncountable noun We had to have a sense of humour because of the craziness of it all. 2. adjective B2 Someone who is crazy is insane. [informal] If I sat home and worried about all this stuff, I'd go crazy. He strides around the room beaming like a crazy man. Crazy is also a noun. Outside, mumbling, was one of New York's ever-present crazies. 3. adjective If you are crazy about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you are not crazy about something, you do not like it. [informal] He's still crazy about both his work and his hobbies. [+ about] I'm also not crazy about the initial terms of the deal. Crazy is also a combining form. This city is football-crazy and deserves a top side. 4. adjective If you are crazy about someone, you are deeply in love with them. [informal] None of that matters, because we're crazy about each other. [+ about] 5. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 If something or someone makes you crazy or drives you crazy, they make you extremely annoyed or upset. [informal] This sitting around is driving me crazy. When Jock woke up and found you gone he went crazy. 6. like crazy phrase You use like crazy to emphasize that something happens to a great degree. [informal, emphasis] The stuff was selling like crazy. Some people can diet like crazy and not lose weight. Idioms: crazy as a bedbug [US, informal] not at all sensible or practical By now she'd concluded that Skolnick was crazy as a bedbug. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: crazy idea Instead, you must call his bluff the next time he suggests a 'crazy idea'. Times, Sunday Times You can have a crazy idea, drunk at night, and then make the phone call the next morning. The Sun Investing in a business that may not offer any financial return may seem like a crazy idea. Times, Sunday Times I happen to have the crazy idea that preaching should precede rather than follow the worship service. Christianity Today It was a crazy idea and pure common sense to restore the calendar year system. The Sun The banks are not doing that crazy stuff any more. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The needles have got so much thinner and you can do such crazy stuff. The Sun (2014) You can do some crazy stuff, but you need only a gentle breeze for an impressive leap. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 疯狂的 Japanese: 無茶な |
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