crazy

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Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry

cra·zy1 /ˈkreɪzi/ S2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp crazier, superlativesupl craziest)

1 STRANGEMPSTRANGEstrange 奇怪的 very strange or not sensible 古怪的；疯狂的；不明智的 SYN mad

The neighbours must think we’re crazy.

邻居一定会认为我们疯了。

It’s an absolutely crazy idea.

那绝对是个荒唐的想法。

I know this idea sounds crazy, but it may be worth a try.

我知道这个主意听起来很荒唐，但也许值得一试。

crazy to do something

It’d be crazy to go out in this rain.

在这样的大雨天出去简直是发疯了。

I must have been crazy to agree to this.

我一定是疯了，竟然同意这件事。

He often works 12 hours a day – it’s crazy.

他常常一天工作12个小时——简直疯了。

► see thesaurus at stupid

2 crazy about somebody/something LIKE somebody OR somethingliking someone very much, or very interested in something 对某人/某物着迷

He’s crazy about her.

他对她心醉神迷。

Dan’s crazy about football.

丹对足球十分痴迷。

3 angry 生气的ANGRYANNOY angry or annoyed 生气的；恼火的

Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me)

把那音乐调低些，快把我逼疯了！

Dad will go crazy when he hears about this.

爸爸要是知道了这件事会气疯的。

4 like crazy FAST/QUICKWORK HARDvery much or very quickly 拼命地；极快地

We’re going to have to work like crazy to get this finished on time.

为了按时完成工作，我们得拼命干。

Examples from the Corpus

like crazy• These mosquito bites on my leg are itching like crazy.• We ran like crazy to the bus stop.

5 go crazy to do something too much, in a way that is not usual or sensible, especially because you are excited 〔尤指因激动而〕发疯，失去理智

Don’t go crazy and spend it all at once.

别发疯一次就花光。

Examples from the Corpus

go crazy• I didn't need to go crazy.• My boss told me to leave, and 1 went crazy.• The Star Council had gone crazy.• To have it happen here, see the fans go crazy.• You have to maintain a balance or else you go crazy.• The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.• They went crazy, making all that money.• You go crazy with the frustration and throw a bad punch and take his counter in your mouth or solar plexus.

6 ILLMPMENTALLY ILLmentally ill 精神失常的，精神错乱的 mentally ill 精神不正常的 SYN mad

I feel so alone, sometimes I wonder if I’m going crazy.

我觉得非常孤单，有时候我怀疑自己是否快要发疯了。

—crazily adverbadv

—craziness noun [uncountableU]

n THESAURUS

crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour

People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts.

It was a crazy thing to do.

mad British EnglishBrE crazy

Are you mad?

Whose mad idea was that?

At first, everyone thought he was completely mad.

nuts informal (also bonkers British EnglishBrE) [not before noun] crazy

The whole thing sounds completely nuts.

Have you gone bonkers?

loony informal crazy

another loony suggestion

The man is totally loony.

insane completely crazy

I know it sounds insane, but it’s true.

→ see also mentally ill

n Grammar

Crazy is not used with ‘very’. You say:

You’d be absolutely crazy to agree.

✗Don’t say: You’d be very crazy to agree.

Examples from the Corpus

crazy• The farmers get more money from the government if they don't plant crops, and I think that's just crazy.• You agreed to marry him? Are you crazy?• Carmen told Murray, and Murray went crazy.• Anybody who thinks they're a good team is crazy.• I said I enjoyed doing exams, and she looked at me as if I was crazy!• Put that gun down! Are you totally crazy?• They probably thought I was crazy all along.• Don Jose had gone crazy and been unable to finish this colossal project.• Being wild, crazy and self-empowered became a theme of the group.• I know I went crazy at first but I got better.• Sounds a little crazy, but it was quite a relief at the time to be able to switch my miseries around.• crazy drivers who cause accidents• Whose crazy idea was it to go camping in January?• The farmers can make more money by not planting crops - it's crazy, isn't it?• We're all grown up, but we still act like a couple of crazy kids.• The biggest influence, believe it or not, was the Weatherman and crazy left-wing guerrilla spirit of the time.• He spends most of the day in his room writing letters - crazy, mad letters no one understands.• Ian's got some crazy plan to drive all the way across Africa.• You see drivers do some crazy things.• It's crazy to have an expensive, elaborate judicial system handling parking tickets and minor traffic violations.• My dad told me I was crazy to leave my job.• You're crazy to lend him all that money - you'll never get it back.• You're crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.• His friends thought he was crazy when he told them he was going to spend his entire vacation exploring a cave.

crazy idea• That very, very crazy idea.• The Father General and the asteroid and the plane and all these people working on this crazy idea.• It was a crazy idea, but it was all he had at the moment.• If a bold conjecture is falsified, then all that is learnt is that yet another crazy idea has been proved wrong.• Maybe she should postpone the whole crazy idea - or better still, drop it altogether.• What a crazy idea, picnicking up a mountain at this time of year.

driving ... crazy• And it seemed he was intent on driving her crazy.• It must be driving you crazy.• One particular bird was driving me crazy.• Something was needed to solve all the interface, translation, transformation, and interpretation problems that were driving application developers crazy.• When I came home, I was driving my parents crazy.• Getting through this evening would be hard enough in itself without driving herself crazy over deciding what to wear.• Am I trying to tell you I believe this stuff was driving the machine crazy too?• You're driving me crazy with wanting.

going crazy• I wondered if I was going crazy.• Nobody else suspected that he was going crazy.• You wonder if you are going crazy.• The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.• At work we were going crazy dealing with Christmas orders.• The computer screen was still going crazy in front of them, but after a while it slowed down.• They were going crazy, just like Buff.• People said Bob Haddad was going crazy trying to please her.

crazy2 noun (plural crazies) [countableC] especially American EnglishAmE informal

CRAZYsomeone who is crazy 疯子

Examples from the Corpus

crazy• Their tactics smear environmentalists as extremist crazies.• So is this really a new panacea or a just a passing craze for crazies.• And every day more crazies who debate With phantom enemies on the street.• Their characters tend to be losers or crazies.• I wanted to encourage street crazies and the like to come and work for us.

单词	crazy
释义	crazy Word family adjectivecrazedcrazyadverbcrazilynouncrazinesscrazy golfcrazy pavingcrazy quiltverbcraze Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry cra·zy1 /ˈkreɪzi/ ●●● S2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp crazier, superlativesupl craziest) 1 STRANGEMPSTRANGEstrange 奇怪的 very strange or not sensible 古怪的；疯狂的；不明智的 SYN mad The neighbours must think we’re crazy. 邻居一定会认为我们疯了。 It’s an absolutely crazy idea. 那绝对是个荒唐的想法。 I know this idea sounds crazy, but it may be worth a try. 我知道这个主意听起来很荒唐，但也许值得一试。 crazy to do something It’d be crazy to go out in this rain. 在这样的大雨天出去简直是发疯了。 I must have been crazy to agree to this. 我一定是疯了，竟然同意这件事。 He often works 12 hours a day – it’s crazy. 他常常一天工作12个小时——简直疯了。 ► see thesaurus at stupid 2 crazy about somebody/something LIKE somebody OR somethingliking someone very much, or very interested in something 对某人/某物着迷 He’s crazy about her. 他对她心醉神迷。 Dan’s crazy about football. 丹对足球十分痴迷。 3 angry 生气的ANGRYANNOY angry or annoyed 生气的；恼火的 Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me) 把那音乐调低些，快把我逼疯了！ Dad will go crazy when he hears about this. 爸爸要是知道了这件事会气疯的。 4 like crazy FAST/QUICKWORK HARDvery much or very quickly 拼命地；极快地 We’re going to have to work like crazy to get this finished on time. 为了按时完成工作，我们得拼命干。 Examples from the Corpus like crazy• These mosquito bites on my leg are itching like crazy.• We ran like crazy to the bus stop. 5 go crazy to do something too much, in a way that is not usual or sensible, especially because you are excited 〔尤指因激动而〕发疯，失去理智 Don’t go crazy and spend it all at once. 别发疯一次就花光。 Examples from the Corpus go crazy• I didn't need to go crazy.• My boss told me to leave, and 1 went crazy.• The Star Council had gone crazy.• To have it happen here, see the fans go crazy.• You have to maintain a balance or else you go crazy.• The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.• They went crazy, making all that money.• You go crazy with the frustration and throw a bad punch and take his counter in your mouth or solar plexus. 6 ILLMPMENTALLY ILLmentally ill 精神失常的，精神错乱的 mentally ill 精神不正常的 SYN mad I feel so alone, sometimes I wonder if I’m going crazy. 我觉得非常孤单，有时候我怀疑自己是否快要发疯了。 —crazily adverbadv —craziness noun [uncountableU] n THESAURUS crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts. It was a crazy thing to do. mad British EnglishBrE crazy Are you mad? Whose mad idea was that? At first, everyone thought he was completely mad. nuts informal (also bonkers British EnglishBrE) [not before noun] crazy The whole thing sounds completely nuts. Have you gone bonkers? loony informal crazy another loony suggestion The man is totally loony. insane completely crazy I know it sounds insane, but it’s true. → see also mentally ill n Grammar Crazy is not used with ‘very’. You say: You’d be absolutely crazy to agree. ✗Don’t say: You’d be very crazy to agree. Examples from the Corpus crazy• The farmers get more money from the government if they don't plant crops, and I think that's just crazy.• You agreed to marry him? Are you crazy?• Carmen told Murray, and Murray went crazy.• Anybody who thinks they're a good team is crazy.• I said I enjoyed doing exams, and she looked at me as if I was crazy!• Put that gun down! Are you totally crazy?• They probably thought I was crazy all along.• Don Jose had gone crazy and been unable to finish this colossal project.• Being wild, crazy and self-empowered became a theme of the group.• I know I went crazy at first but I got better.• Sounds a little crazy, but it was quite a relief at the time to be able to switch my miseries around.• crazy drivers who cause accidents• Whose crazy idea was it to go camping in January?• The farmers can make more money by not planting crops - it's crazy, isn't it?• We're all grown up, but we still act like a couple of crazy kids.• The biggest influence, believe it or not, was the Weatherman and crazy left-wing guerrilla spirit of the time.• He spends most of the day in his room writing letters - crazy, mad letters no one understands.• Ian's got some crazy plan to drive all the way across Africa.• You see drivers do some crazy things.• It's crazy to have an expensive, elaborate judicial system handling parking tickets and minor traffic violations.• My dad told me I was crazy to leave my job.• You're crazy to lend him all that money - you'll never get it back.• You're crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.• His friends thought he was crazy when he told them he was going to spend his entire vacation exploring a cave. crazy idea• That very, very crazy idea.• The Father General and the asteroid and the plane and all these people working on this crazy idea.• It was a crazy idea, but it was all he had at the moment.• If a bold conjecture is falsified, then all that is learnt is that yet another crazy idea has been proved wrong.• Maybe she should postpone the whole crazy idea - or better still, drop it altogether.• What a crazy idea, picnicking up a mountain at this time of year. driving ... crazy• And it seemed he was intent on driving her crazy.• It must be driving you crazy.• One particular bird was driving me crazy.• Something was needed to solve all the interface, translation, transformation, and interpretation problems that were driving application developers crazy.• When I came home, I was driving my parents crazy.• Getting through this evening would be hard enough in itself without driving herself crazy over deciding what to wear.• Am I trying to tell you I believe this stuff was driving the machine crazy too?• You're driving me crazy with wanting. going crazy• I wondered if I was going crazy.• Nobody else suspected that he was going crazy.• You wonder if you are going crazy.• The world was going crazy and, or so it seemed, Trumptonshire would have none of it.• At work we were going crazy dealing with Christmas orders.• The computer screen was still going crazy in front of them, but after a while it slowed down.• They were going crazy, just like Buff.• People said Bob Haddad was going crazy trying to please her. crazy2 noun (plural crazies) [countableC] especially American EnglishAmE informal CRAZYsomeone who is crazy 疯子 Examples from the Corpus crazy• Their tactics smear environmentalists as extremist crazies.• So is this really a new panacea or a just a passing craze for crazies.• And every day more crazies who debate With phantom enemies on the street.• Their characters tend to be losers or crazies.• I wanted to encourage street crazies and the like to come and work for us.
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