| 单词 | frantic |
| 释义 | frantic (once / 458 pages) adj When a mother loses her child, she's frantic. She's a crazed sort of agitated and goes on a frantic search for her child. A scene is frantic if there's lots of action with little order. Frantic is related to frenzy and both were originally ways to describe mental illness. Hundreds of years ago, if you were frantic, you were stark raving mad. Today, frantic implies fast wild movements or a desperate attempt to do something. On Christmas Eve, the scene at the mall was frantic with shoppers desperately searching for their last few gifts. And a wild party would only be called frantic if the police were called and everyone rushed to get away. WORD FAMILYfrantic: frantically, franticly USAGE EXAMPLES“In the summer, it’s too frantic to do much but meet demand,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Penn State scrambled to keep its program from collapsing during one frantic week and throughout a longer court battle. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) A surviving flight attendant and a pilot flying nearby also overheard the frantic pleas from the doomed airliner. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion something frantic in their gaiety Syn delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained wild marked by extreme lack of restraint or control 2adj excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion frantic with anger and frustration Syn frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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