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单词 frenetic
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Definition of frenetic in English:

frenetic

adjective frəˈnɛtɪkfrəˈnɛdɪk
  • Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

    狂热的;发狂似的

    a frenetic pace of activity

    发狂似的活动节奏。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He gives the film a peculiar pace, by starting with an intense and frenetic backstory.
    • Her writing is hectic and frenetic, but at the same time utterly controlled.
    • The game had started at a frenetic pace as both sides sought to stamp their authority on the match.
    • Our most enduring achievements have resulted not from frenetic activity, but rather from quiet meditation.
    • The industry was in its infancy, personalities abounded and the pace of innovation was frenetic.
    • The pace was frenetic as neither man wanted to let the other get the upper hand.
    • The last thing coach Tony Dungy will do is attempt to match the Rams' frenetic pace.
    • The game continued to flow at a frenetic pace with Steeton showing great spirit and determination to get back on level terms.
    • It features fast, frenetic action and the hero is suitably infallible.
    • Everything seems to be conducted at a frenetic pace, from talking to walking to driving.
    • From the opening whistle the pace was frenetic and the fans simply loved it.
    • Increasingly, boarding schools are attempting to fit in with the frenetic pace of modern life.
    • For the West Indies, Gayle got a century, not made at his usual frenetic pace.
    • As a respite from the frenetic pace of most of the album, the Robinson tracks are welcome.
    • He talks quickly and moves through life fast, but his frenetic ways have hurt him on the field.
    • There is nothing here that is not familiar, though the pace has become more frenetic.
    • All over Europe, citizens say that they are fed up with the frenetic pace of modern life and are opting for the slow lane.
    • It was frenetic, people moving fast in opposite directions shouting out at one another as they set up the reception area.
    • Plus, it was built slowly and carefully, not at the frenetic pace we saw at a large factory.
    • For just a moment, in the midst of a film of frenetic pace and constant violence, everything halts.
    Synonyms
    frantic, wild, frenzied, hectic, fraught, feverish, fevered, mad, manic, hyperactive, energetic, intense, fast and furious, turbulent, tumultuous, confused, confusing
    exciting, excited
    British informal swivel-eyed

Derivatives

  • frenetically

  • adverb frəˈnɛtɪk(ə)lifrəˈnɛdək(ə)li
    • Taking our cue from Boyracer's lengthy discography, we can expect frenetically paced, fuzzed-out pop songs that even your punk rock friend will like.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is a frenetically busy field of technological and medical change.
      • From the very second the air-conditioned stores and shopping malls open, you are carried along with the swirl of bargain-hunting tourists in a controlled, but frenetically intense, buying frenzy.
      • His hands raced frenetically and gracefully up and down the fingerboard, offering now a nimble arpeggio or a powerful scale pattern.
      • But in their enthusiasm to get their hands on the custard, the company did not acquire the formula for the fizzy drink, which was made by adding a sherbet-like powder to cold water and stirring frenetically while the drink foamed.
  • freneticism

  • noun
    • The Adagio movement consists of a similar formula, although the bittersweet writing in the first half is broken by an extended solo cadenza that combines sad feelings with dance-like freneticism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Taking full advantage of improv comedy's inherent freneticism, the five-person group hitched up their pants and plowed through a slew of scenes.
      • The calmness of the music, too, contrasts with the snapshots of city life, making the potential freneticism of the image seem muted by the accompanying sounds.
      • Buses have big, loud motors that play havoc with music, especially those nice, gentle classical numbers that ease you from the quiet reassurance of home into the city's rat-race freneticism.
      • This month begins my annual downhill slide into neurotic freneticism.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'insane'): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis 'delirium', from phrēn 'mind'. Compare with frantic.

  • This comes via French and Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, and was initially used to mean ‘insane’. Originally frantic (Late Middle English) was merely an alternative form of the word. Frenzy (Middle English) is from the same root.

Rhymes

aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic

Definition of frenetic in US English:

frenetic

adjectivefrəˈnedikfrəˈnɛdɪk
  • Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

    狂热的;发狂似的

    a frenetic pace of activity

    发狂似的活动节奏。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was frenetic, people moving fast in opposite directions shouting out at one another as they set up the reception area.
    • Her writing is hectic and frenetic, but at the same time utterly controlled.
    • The last thing coach Tony Dungy will do is attempt to match the Rams' frenetic pace.
    • The game continued to flow at a frenetic pace with Steeton showing great spirit and determination to get back on level terms.
    • From the opening whistle the pace was frenetic and the fans simply loved it.
    • There is nothing here that is not familiar, though the pace has become more frenetic.
    • He gives the film a peculiar pace, by starting with an intense and frenetic backstory.
    • Everything seems to be conducted at a frenetic pace, from talking to walking to driving.
    • As a respite from the frenetic pace of most of the album, the Robinson tracks are welcome.
    • The pace was frenetic as neither man wanted to let the other get the upper hand.
    • Plus, it was built slowly and carefully, not at the frenetic pace we saw at a large factory.
    • The game had started at a frenetic pace as both sides sought to stamp their authority on the match.
    • Our most enduring achievements have resulted not from frenetic activity, but rather from quiet meditation.
    • It features fast, frenetic action and the hero is suitably infallible.
    • All over Europe, citizens say that they are fed up with the frenetic pace of modern life and are opting for the slow lane.
    • For just a moment, in the midst of a film of frenetic pace and constant violence, everything halts.
    • He talks quickly and moves through life fast, but his frenetic ways have hurt him on the field.
    • The industry was in its infancy, personalities abounded and the pace of innovation was frenetic.
    • Increasingly, boarding schools are attempting to fit in with the frenetic pace of modern life.
    • For the West Indies, Gayle got a century, not made at his usual frenetic pace.
    Synonyms
    frantic, wild, frenzied, hectic, fraught, feverish, fevered, mad, manic, hyperactive, energetic, intense, fast and furious, turbulent, tumultuous, confused, confusing

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.

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