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单词 to go ape
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to go ape
c. Used quasi-adverbially in to go ape (slang, originally U.S.), to go ‘crazy’; to become excited, violent, sexually aggressive, etc.; to display strong enthusiasm or appreciation; also, to malfunction. See American Speech (1961) XXXVI. 150 for an account of the phrase's development.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > behave with riotous excitement [verb (intransitive)]
rehayte1526
tear1602
to play up1849
to whoop things up1873
to raise sand1892
to raise (also kick up, play, etc.) merry hell1931
to go ape1955
to go (also drive) bananas1957
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [verb (intransitive)] > operate in a faulty manner
misperform1656
misbehave1851
to act up1887
malfunction1941
to go ape1985
1955 Amer. Speech 30 117 [Air Force slang] Go ape; go ape shit, v. phr., react in an irrational manner; go into a frenzy.
1962 Datamation Feb. 31/1 Here is a great chance to go ape, for if the formats of cards are manifold, those of paper tape are megafold.
1963 D. B. Hughes Expendable Man i. 23 I go ape over Johnny Mathis.
1966 ‘T. Wells’ Matter of Love & Death vi. 63 I'm just keeping busy. I've been going ape with nothing to do.
1974 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 4 Aug. 28/5 The local Shire Council has gone ape over the song, Laidley Where The Green Grass Grows, and they're launching it at a gala licensed cabaret in the Shire Hall on August 23.
1985 Sunday Times 10 Mar. 56/6 Brian Phelan's play..is about..a secret government computer centre that's gone ape... Its minders appear to have launched into freelance crime.
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