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单词 wacko
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Definition of wacko in English:

wacko

(also whacko)
adjective ˈwakəʊˈwækoʊ
North American informal
  • Mad; insane.

    发疯的,患精神病的

    his wacko conspiracy theories
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my own view I think that's a whacko statement.
    • At least you'll know you're not the only one dealing with all this wacko stuff.
    • The silence is all the more troubling since in the past the US news media has had no problem at all covering other wacko conspiracy theories, ones with far less evidence to support them.
    • David Burke, a creator of animated whacko content for TV, has assembled a few brilliant scoundrels and put up a site filled with juvenile humor and neat animation.
    • I'd already done the book on Cobain's murder and I didn't want to get typecast in the book world as this wacko conspiracy nut.
    • What separates him from the average band leader is his willingness to pursue just about every wacko idea that enters his mind.
    • Equally disturbing is what sort of messed up wacko ideas are floating around their heads regarding what is going on in the real world.
    • Maybe agreeing with their parents' wacko idea was going to be fun after all.
    • We didn't mean to suggest that these wacko protesters represent a broad segment of the Canadian people, any more than similar groups represent the thinking of mainstream Americans.
    • Not some fringe wacko doctor, but a doctor with significant power over a large hospital.
    • I pretended to be a reporter so they didn't mark something down on DJ's record like wacko parent.
    • Amid the live rampages and wacko tracks, it's important not to miss ‘Too Late the Hero,’ Entwistle's best ballad and a technically complex number.
    • We do get our share of wacko e-mails, but nothing on the scale you report.
    • There is plenty of wacko UFO coverage, including remarkable photos of blurry lights that just have to be flying saucers, because it's not like they could be anything else.
    • One of the perks of Adrants is that it spots new, whacko trends in the advertising world just about sooner than anyone.
    • I guess it was just a couple of wacko losers in Brazil with nothing better to do.
    • How long before someone charismatic, competent, and efficient takes charge of one of these wacko organizations?
    • He is the kind of wacko leader that is very rare and perhaps not seen on the world stage for 50 years.
    • Still, you have to admire his ability to make a long established religion seem like some sort of wacko cult.
    • A collection of awesome, eccentric, fascinating and completely whacko facts.
    Synonyms
    severely mentally ill, mentally ill, insane, mad, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, not together, crazed, maniac, maniacal, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare
nounPlural wackos, Plural wackoes ˈwakəʊˈwækoʊ
North American informal
  • A crazy person.

    疯子

    a trailer park peopled by exotic wackos and misfits
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Are you one of those wackos who still can't accept defeat?
    • I'm happy to coordinate a group working through the Forum, but don't expect me to invite any of you psychotic whackos to my home for dinner and a movie.
    • At last the whackos were exposed, the pretenders unmasked.
    • No longer will they associate it with nutters, wackos and the irredeemably mad.
    • Clearly they get a lot of dumb illiterate wackos writing in, but I bet most publications do, quite frankly, and they don't publish 'em, by and large.
    • ‘All kinds of weirdos, wackos, whatever, were involved with us,’ he confides.
    • Well, they finally admitted they agree on everything, you know, after months of trying to paint one another as wackos, they come out and tell us the awful truth.
    • If anyone seriously suggests that then I think they're in wacko land.
    • This is not to say we didn't get our share of itinerant whackos.
    • You can't go far wrong with a foreign policy whose opponents are mainly dictators, anti-American European politicians and leftist whackos.
    • The seven-second delay is the system radio and TV stations have used for decades to filter out wackos and expletivists (hey!)
    • You'd better hope so, because now if he falls we have no way of controlling what whackos get hold of his nukes.
    • And people might have said, ‘Oh, those Hollywood Democrats are a bunch of left-wing whackos.’
    • He just wasn't willing to break the law and refuse to follow a Federal court order, and for that outrageous sin, he is deemed just not quite nutty enough for this bunch of whackos.
    • If you are among the protesters whom the Wall Street Journal unaffectionately calls ‘Luddite whackos,’ you may take a little credit for that.
    • Nobody said anything scary, all the whackos were kept locked away somewhere.
    • In any case, I do think that trying to characterize the anti-war movement by the wackos is just what I said: a misrepresentation of the political opposition.
    • I find it amazing that for a young nation such as ours, with such a small population, we have an abnormally large concentration of religious whackos.
    • What's the point, they're wackos and we shouldn't put them on TV.
    • It appears to me to be one whacko testifying against another.
    Synonyms
    eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout

Origin

1970s: from wacky + -o.

Rhymes

tacho, taco, tobacco

Definition of wacko in US English:

wacko

(also whacko)
adjectiveˈwækoʊˈwakō
North American informal
  • Mad; insane.

    发疯的,患精神病的

    his willingness to pursue every wacko idea that enters his mind
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'd already done the book on Cobain's murder and I didn't want to get typecast in the book world as this wacko conspiracy nut.
    • Amid the live rampages and wacko tracks, it's important not to miss ‘Too Late the Hero,’ Entwistle's best ballad and a technically complex number.
    • At least you'll know you're not the only one dealing with all this wacko stuff.
    • Not some fringe wacko doctor, but a doctor with significant power over a large hospital.
    • The silence is all the more troubling since in the past the US news media has had no problem at all covering other wacko conspiracy theories, ones with far less evidence to support them.
    • We do get our share of wacko e-mails, but nothing on the scale you report.
    • Equally disturbing is what sort of messed up wacko ideas are floating around their heads regarding what is going on in the real world.
    • I guess it was just a couple of wacko losers in Brazil with nothing better to do.
    • Still, you have to admire his ability to make a long established religion seem like some sort of wacko cult.
    • There is plenty of wacko UFO coverage, including remarkable photos of blurry lights that just have to be flying saucers, because it's not like they could be anything else.
    • I pretended to be a reporter so they didn't mark something down on DJ's record like wacko parent.
    • David Burke, a creator of animated whacko content for TV, has assembled a few brilliant scoundrels and put up a site filled with juvenile humor and neat animation.
    • One of the perks of Adrants is that it spots new, whacko trends in the advertising world just about sooner than anyone.
    • We didn't mean to suggest that these wacko protesters represent a broad segment of the Canadian people, any more than similar groups represent the thinking of mainstream Americans.
    • Maybe agreeing with their parents' wacko idea was going to be fun after all.
    • A collection of awesome, eccentric, fascinating and completely whacko facts.
    • In my own view I think that's a whacko statement.
    • What separates him from the average band leader is his willingness to pursue just about every wacko idea that enters his mind.
    • He is the kind of wacko leader that is very rare and perhaps not seen on the world stage for 50 years.
    • How long before someone charismatic, competent, and efficient takes charge of one of these wacko organizations?
    Synonyms
    severely mentally ill, mentally ill, insane, mad, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, not together, crazed, maniac, maniacal, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare
nounˈwækoʊˈwakō
North American informal
  • A crazy person.

    疯子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He just wasn't willing to break the law and refuse to follow a Federal court order, and for that outrageous sin, he is deemed just not quite nutty enough for this bunch of whackos.
    • At last the whackos were exposed, the pretenders unmasked.
    • What's the point, they're wackos and we shouldn't put them on TV.
    • The seven-second delay is the system radio and TV stations have used for decades to filter out wackos and expletivists (hey!)
    • If anyone seriously suggests that then I think they're in wacko land.
    • Well, they finally admitted they agree on everything, you know, after months of trying to paint one another as wackos, they come out and tell us the awful truth.
    • You can't go far wrong with a foreign policy whose opponents are mainly dictators, anti-American European politicians and leftist whackos.
    • If you are among the protesters whom the Wall Street Journal unaffectionately calls ‘Luddite whackos,’ you may take a little credit for that.
    • Are you one of those wackos who still can't accept defeat?
    • Nobody said anything scary, all the whackos were kept locked away somewhere.
    • ‘All kinds of weirdos, wackos, whatever, were involved with us,’ he confides.
    • No longer will they associate it with nutters, wackos and the irredeemably mad.
    • This is not to say we didn't get our share of itinerant whackos.
    • It appears to me to be one whacko testifying against another.
    • And people might have said, ‘Oh, those Hollywood Democrats are a bunch of left-wing whackos.’
    • Clearly they get a lot of dumb illiterate wackos writing in, but I bet most publications do, quite frankly, and they don't publish 'em, by and large.
    • In any case, I do think that trying to characterize the anti-war movement by the wackos is just what I said: a misrepresentation of the political opposition.
    • I'm happy to coordinate a group working through the Forum, but don't expect me to invite any of you psychotic whackos to my home for dinner and a movie.
    • You'd better hope so, because now if he falls we have no way of controlling what whackos get hold of his nukes.
    • I find it amazing that for a young nation such as ours, with such a small population, we have an abnormally large concentration of religious whackos.
    Synonyms
    eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout

Origin

1970s: from wacky + -o.

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