| 单词 | wacky |
| 释义 | wacky (once / 13447 pages) adj Something that's wacky is weird or nutty or silly. Your goofy uncle who wears a funny hat and does magic tricks at the dinner table is wacky. Use the adjective wacky when you're talking about someone with a ridiculous sense of humor. Clowns are, by definition, wacky, for example. Most people have at least one wacky relative, and some are lucky enough to have entire wacky families. Wacky comes from the nineteenth century British slang term whacky, which arose from whack, specifically the idea of getting whacked on the head so hard that it turns you wacky. WORD FAMILYwacky: wackier, wackiest, wackily USAGE EXAMPLES"It seemed a wacky idea and one with technology my family didn't trust." BBC(Dec 28, 2016) It was also important to all involved that, no matter how wacky things might get in Laird’s lair, that everyone remain grounded in reality. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) He’s not doing the wild and crazy, wacky nutcase, he’s doing this kind of Bogart, gumshoe thing. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj ludicrous, foolish some wacky plan for selling more books Syn cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, whacky, zany foolish devoid of good sense or judgment 2adj informal or slang terms for mentally irregular Syn around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, whacky insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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