| 单词 | lunatic |
| 释义 | lunatic (once / 1135 pages) nadj A lunatic is someone who is either clinically insane or just acting really crazy. Someone driving too fast and zigging in and out of traffic is driving like a lunatic. The root of this word is luna, which means moon. That's because lunatic originally meant someone who went crazy with every phase of the moon, kind of like a werewolf. Most people these days don't believe in moon-caused insanity, but we still talk about lunatics, sometimes meaning clinically insane people. More often this is a slang term, used mainly in exaggerations, for anyone who seems wild and out of control. WORD FAMILYlunatic: lunatics+/lunacy: lunacies, lunatic USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s about how we sometimes forgive the lunatic behaviour of artists and call it “eccentricity”. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “My audience wants to kill me for normalizing a lunatic like yourself,” Bee responded. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) It was later turned into a lunatic asylum. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n an insane person Syn|Hypo|Hyper madman, maniac crazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo someone deranged and possibly dangerous bedlamitean archaic term for a lunatic pyromaniaca person with a mania for setting things on fire madwomana woman lunatic diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness 2n a reckless impetuous irresponsible person Syn|Hypo|Hyper daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, madcap, swashbuckler tearaway a reckless and impetuous person adventurer, venturer a person who enjoys taking risks 3adj insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon Syn moonstruck insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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