| 单词 | madman |
| 释义 | madman (once / 894 pages) n Madman is an old fashioned, derogatory term for a severely mentally ill person. These days, calling someone with a serious psychiatric illness a madman would be offensive. You're most likely to hear dangerous criminals described as madmen, although it's also common to use this word for someone who acts recklessly: "Look how fast that madman is driving!" Another way to use madman is to emphasize the intensity of something: "She worked on that paper like a madman, writing the entire thing in just a few hours." WORD FAMILYmadman: madmen USAGE EXAMPLESIt does feature plenty of interview moments with acting madman Mr. Leto and Miss Robbie. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Khaled tends to his garden, but with the gusto of an eccentric madman. The New Yorker(Dec 15, 2016) He is a madman whose only wish is to bomb Iran into oblivion. Slate(Dec 13, 2016) n an insane person Syn|Hypo|Hyper lunatic, maniac crazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo someone deranged and possibly dangerous bedlamitean archaic term for a lunatic pyromaniaca person with a mania for setting things on fire madwomana woman lunatic diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness |
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