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单词 madcap
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madcap

/ˈmadkap /
adjective
1Amusingly eccentric: a surreal, madcap novel...
  • I did, however, see them tittering, shrieking, guffawing and hooting with laughter at the madcap slapstick that has become the trademark of these two spiky-haired, South Yorkshire clowns.
  • Sweden has not had a Queen since the reign of the eccentric madcap Queen Christina in the 1600's.
  • The red of her coat brought out the natural glow of her skin, and a bandage on her temple made her look madcap and rakish.

Synonyms

zany, eccentric, ridiculous, unconventional, weird
1.1Done without considering the consequences; foolish or reckless: a madcap scheme...
  • This used to be a joint enterprise with her husband Jonathan: a madcap scheme to create cook books in a house with no mains, electricity or freezer.
  • So is this end of such madcap actions by parents who should know better?
  • Was he a highly-charged risk-taker who, away from his family, had chanced all on a madcap, criminal adventure?

Synonyms

reckless, rash, hot-headed, daredevil, impulsive, wild, daring, adventurous, heedless, thoughtless, incautious, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-advised, hasty, foolhardy, foolish, senseless, impractical, hare-brained
informal crazy, crackpot, crackbrained
Scottish informal radge
noun
An eccentric or reckless person.Having secured two acting legends and a comic madcap, the rest of the casting fell into place....
  • Her friends have always known her as a madcap but her latest fund raising exploits have left them astounded.
  • Add some desperately unfunny writing and a guy who doesn't really know how to be madcap and… well, we've all learned a lesson.

Synonyms

eccentric, crank, madman/madwoman, maniac, lunatic, psychotic;
oddity, odd fellow, character, individual;
hothead, daredevil
informal crackpot, oddball, weirdo, loony, nut, nutter, nutcase, nutjob, cuckoo
North American informal screwball
US informal wackadoo, wackadoodle
Scottish informal radge
Australian/New Zealand informal dingbat
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