🔑MarchBrE/mɑːtʃ/NAmE/mɑːrtʃ/noun[U, C] (abbreviationMar.) the3rdmonthoftheyear, betweenFebruaryandApril三月HELPToseehowMarchisused, lookattheexamplesatApril. * March 的用法见词条 April 下的示例。●(as) madasaˈhatter/aMarchˈhare(informal) (ofaperson人) mentallyill; verysilly发狂的；非常愚蠢的ORIGINBecauseofthechemicalsusedinhat-making, workersoftensufferedfrommercurypoisoning, whichcancauselossofmemoryanddamagetothenervoussystem. LewisCarrollwasprobablythinkingofthiswhenhecreatedtheeccentriccharacteroftheHatterinAlice'sAdventuresinWonderland. AMarchharewascalledmadbecauseofthestrangebehaviourofharesduringthematingseason.在过去，做帽子用的化学药品经常使工人汞中毒，令他们丧失记忆，神经系统受损。刘易斯 · 卡罗尔在创作《艾丽丝漫游奇境记》中帽商 (Hatter) 这个怪人时，很可能想到了这些。三月的兔子 (March hare) 正处在交配期，行为怪异，因而被称为疯狂的兔子。Similes in idioms(as) bald as a coot,(as) blind as a bat,(as) bright as a button,(as) bold as brass,as busy as a bee,as clean as a whistle,(as) dead as athe dodo,(as) deaf as a post,(as) dull as ditchwater,(as) fit as a fiddle,as flat as a pancake,(as) good as gold,(as) mad as a hattera March hare,(as) miserableugly as sin,as old as the hills,(as) pleased as Punch,as pretty as a picture,(as) regular as clockwork,(as) quick as a flash,(as) safe as houses,(as) sound as a bell,(as) steady as a rock,(as) thick as two short planks,(as) tough as old boots
