| 单词 | loony |
| 释义 | loony From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloonyloon‧y1 /ˈluːni/ noun (plural loonies) [countable]informalCRAZY someone who is crazy or strangeHer brother’s a complete loony.Examples from the Corpusloony• He said I waved at the poor man like a loony.• Janet's brother is a complete loony.• Two young lads from Hafnarfjödur, a small fishing village near Reykjavik, were going like loonies.• I would only trash incoming mail from obvious opponents and obvious loonies.• Political loony, surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.• She felt like a total loony doing these things for herself.• He's an absolute utter loony.loonyloony2 adjectiveinformal silly, crazy, or strangea loony ideaExamples from the Corpusloony• They felt free to festoon the machine with all sorts of loony filigrees.• What of the loony fringe that I had so conveniently forgotten?• I can't be loony if I can remember my dream, surely?• Major was spot on, just as he was dead right to go on to warn Hague against his loony right.Origin loony1 (1800-1900) lunatic |
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