| 单词 | maniac |
| 释义 | maniac (once / 2046 pages) nadj A maniac is a crazy person. Screaming like a maniac is never a good way to get your point across. Long ago, the word maniac was an official psychiatric term that meant "a patient suffering from mania," or manic disorder, involving a euphoric mood and extreme energy. Maniac isn't used in a clinical way anymore, but only informally to mean "lunatic." You might describe yourself running around the house like a maniac looking for your car keys, or dismiss your sports-obsessed brother as "a football maniac." The Greek root is mania, or "madness." WORD FAMILYmaniac: maniacal, maniacs+/mania: maniac, manias/maniacal: maniacally/manic: mania, manically, maniclike USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s more archaeology in the country than archaeologists will ever be able to get to grips with or maniacs will be able to destroy. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) But he also referred to Mr. Kim as “a maniac,” and Mr. Trump’s selection for national security adviser, retired Lt. New York Times(Dec 11, 2016) “Opposition’s bad,” mutters Shodir, a middle-aged man from Samarkand, who dismisses the regime’s foes as “maniacs”. Economist(Dec 06, 2016) 1n an insane person Syn|Hypo|Hyper lunatic, madman 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 person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something Hyper enthusiast, fancier a person having a strong liking for something 3adj wildly disordered Syn maniacal insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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