英语词汇“lunatic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lunatic

/ˈluːnətɪk

noun

1A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum....

The gaol was also used for a number of years to house the mentally insane, as lunatics had to be restrained and kept out of sight.
Initially, he's told he's too old and then parcelled off into the Halberdiers, a regiment almost entirely comprised of oddballs, lunatics, misfits and sociopaths.

Synonyms

maniac, madman, madwoman, psychopath, psychotic

informal loony, loon, nut, nutter, nutcase, nutjob, cuckoo, head case, headbanger, screwball, psycho

Scottish informal radge

US informal wing nut

1.1An extremely foolish or eccentric person: this lunatic just accelerated out from the side of the road...

Those of you who are not my best friend Julie, and therefore not lunatics and hardcore math geeks, may not know that today is Pi Day.
He has observed that all the other drivers on the road fall into one of two categories: idiots or lunatics.
He had known it, the rest of his friends were raving lunatics.

Synonyms

fool, idiot, imbecile, moron

adjective

1Mentally ill (not in technical use): a ward of lunatic old ladies...

Do you remember that one episode of X-Files with that crazed lunatic writer who was in love with Scully?
The frustration is so great that the black character believes that he might wind up in a lunatic cell, driven crazy by the insane demands.
I said I found him, not that he was some insane lunatic murderer trying to kill me!

1.1Extremely foolish or eccentric: he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme...

What happens if you break all the rules and throw your reputation behind a lunatic scheme to let people hear world-class classical music for the price of a couple of pints?
They will presumably lead to some retraction of the lunatic version of markets that have been imposed by extreme reactionaries in recent years.
A small smile touched her lips, her eyes alight with a lunatic fire.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna 'moon' (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity).

loon from [late 19th century]:
This word for ‘a silly person’ comes from the North American loon (mid 17th century), a large water bird also known as a diver. It gets its name from its distinctive cry. The sense silly is from the bird's actions when escaping from danger; perhaps influenced by loony, a mid 19th-century abbreviation of lunatic (Middle English) from Latin luna ‘moon. In the past people thought that the phases of the moon could affect people.

单词	lunatic
释义	lunatic /ˈluːnətɪk / noun 1A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.... The gaol was also used for a number of years to house the mentally insane, as lunatics had to be restrained and kept out of sight. Initially, he's told he's too old and then parcelled off into the Halberdiers, a regiment almost entirely comprised of oddballs, lunatics, misfits and sociopaths. Synonyms maniac, madman, madwoman, psychopath, psychotic informal loony, loon, nut, nutter, nutcase, nutjob, cuckoo, head case, headbanger, screwball, psycho Scottish informal radge US informal wing nut 1.1An extremely foolish or eccentric person: this lunatic just accelerated out from the side of the road... Those of you who are not my best friend Julie, and therefore not lunatics and hardcore math geeks, may not know that today is Pi Day. He has observed that all the other drivers on the road fall into one of two categories: idiots or lunatics. He had known it, the rest of his friends were raving lunatics. Synonyms fool, idiot, imbecile, moron adjective 1Mentally ill (not in technical use): a ward of lunatic old ladies... Do you remember that one episode of X-Files with that crazed lunatic writer who was in love with Scully? The frustration is so great that the black character believes that he might wind up in a lunatic cell, driven crazy by the insane demands. I said I found him, not that he was some insane lunatic murderer trying to kill me! 1.1Extremely foolish or eccentric: he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme... What happens if you break all the rules and throw your reputation behind a lunatic scheme to let people hear world-class classical music for the price of a couple of pints? They will presumably lead to some retraction of the lunatic version of markets that have been imposed by extreme reactionaries in recent years. A small smile touched her lips, her eyes alight with a lunatic fire. Origin Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna 'moon' (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity). loon from [late 19th century]: This word for ‘a silly person’ comes from the North American loon (mid 17th century), a large water bird also known as a diver. It gets its name from its distinctive cry. The sense silly is from the bird's actions when escaping from danger; perhaps influenced by loony, a mid 19th-century abbreviation of lunatic (Middle English) from Latin luna ‘moon. In the past people thought that the phases of the moon could affect people.
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