frantic
/ˈfræntɪk/adjective
1- wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion(因恐惧、焦虑或其他情绪而)发狂的, 发狂似的:
she was frantic with worry.
她焦急得发狂。
1.1
- conducted in a hurried, excited, and chaotic way, typically because of the need to act quickly(尤指因快速行动的需要)匆忙慌乱的; 紧张而忙乱的:
frantic attempts to resuscitate the girl.
为让小姑娘苏醒而进行的忙乱尝试。
派生词
frantically
adverbfranticness
noun词源
late Middle English frentik, 'insane, violently mad', from Old French frenetique (see FRENETIC).