freak
noun/friːk/
/friːk/
- (informal) a person with a very strong interest in a particular subject
狂热爱好者 - a health/fitness freak
健康/健身狂 - a jazz freak
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Extra Examples- He's a real fitness freak— he goes to the gym every single day.
他是个十足的健身狂，天天都去健身房。 - For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.
对于那些玩命追求极速的车迷，有种2 升、燃料喷射的车型。 - I'm such a neat freak that I clean up after other people.
我是个有洁癖的人，其他人一走我就要彻底打扫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- computer
- fitness
- health
- …
- a bit of a freak
- a health/fitness freak
- (disapproving) a person who is considered to be unusual because of the way they behave, look or think
（行为、外表、想法）怪异的人；怪人 - She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.
她因为不要孩子而被当作怪人。 - I felt such a freak in my strange clothes.
穿着奇怪的衣服我感到很奇怪。
Extra Examples- Other students regarded him as a freak.
其他学生把他当成怪物。 - What kind of sick freak is this guy?
这家伙是个什么样的变态之人？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- sick
- feel like
- regard somebody as
- see somebody as
- …
- a bit of a freak
- She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.
- (also freak of nature)(sometimes offensive) a person, an animal, a plant or a thing that is not considered physically normal
人、动物、植物或身体不正常的事物 - This butterfly is a freak of nature, black and white instead of blue.
这只蝴蝶畸形，黑白相间，而不是蓝色。 - In the past freaks were shown at fairs.
过去，怪胎在集市上展出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- sick
- feel like
- regard somebody as
- see somebody as
- …
- a bit of a freak
- This butterfly is a freak of nature, black and white instead of blue.
- a very unusual and unexpected event
怪异的事；不寻常的事 - By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury.
由于命运之神的奇特安排，他们全都死里逃生，毫发未损。 - This was no more than a freak of history.
这只不过是历史上的一件怪事罢了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- freak of
- a freak of nature
- By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.