| 单词 | mad |
| 释义 | mad (mæd ) Word forms: madder , maddest 1. adjective B1 Someone who is mad has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. She was afraid of going mad. madness uncountable noun B2 He was driven to the brink of madness. Synonyms: frenzy, riot, furore, uproar Synonyms: anger, rage, fury, raving Synonyms: passion, enthusiasm, zeal, craze 2. adjective B1 You use mad to describe people or things that you think are very foolish. [disapproval] You'd be mad to work with him again. Isn't that a rather mad idea? Synonyms: foolish, absurd, wild, stupid madness uncountable noun B2 It is political madness. Synonyms: frenzy, riot, furore, uproar Synonyms: anger, rage, fury, raving Synonyms: passion, enthusiasm, zeal, craze Synonyms: foolishness, nonsense, folly, absurdity 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A2 If you say that someone is mad, you mean that they are very angry. [informal] You're just mad at me because I don't want to go. [+ at] I'm pretty mad about it, I can tell you. Synonyms: angry, cross, furious, irritated 4. adjective B1+ If you are mad about or mad on something or someone, you like them very much indeed. [informal] She's not as mad about sport as I am. [+ about] He's mad about you. [+ about] He's mad on trains. [+ on] Synonyms: enthusiastic, wild, crazy [informal], nuts [slang] Mad is also a combining form. ...his football-mad son. He's not power-mad. 5. adjective Mad behaviour is wild and uncontrolled. You only have an hour to complete the game so it's a mad dash against the clock. The audience went mad. Synonyms: frenzied, wild, excited, energetic madly adverb [ADVERB with verb] Down in the streets people were waving madly. Synonyms: energetically, quickly, wildly, rapidly 6. drive sb mad phrase B2 If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying. [informal] There are certain things he does that drive me mad. This itching is driving me mad. 7. like mad phrase B2 If you do something like mad, you do it very energetically or enthusiastically. [informal] He was weight training like mad. Synonyms: enthusiastically, wildly, madly, furiously 8. See also madly 9. mad keen phrase If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it. [British, informal, emphasis] So you're not mad keen on science then? She was mad keen to go. ...a mad keen golfer. Idioms: hopping mad extremely angry Apparently, the family is hopping mad that she left them nothing in her will. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers mad as a hatter [mainly British] very strange, foolish, or crazy Her sister's as mad as a hatter and if you ask me she's not much better herself. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers mad as a hornet [mainly US] extremely angry Bob grinned. `I'll bet he's as mad as a hornet.' `He did not sound at all pleased,' Jerry admitted. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 疯狂的, 狂怒的 Japanese: 気の狂った insane, 腹を立てた angry |
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