| 单词 | pyromania |
| 释义 | pyromania (once / 123118 pages) n It is never a good idea to leave a person who suffers from pyromania alone with a box of matches, since pyromania is a strong urge to start fires. Manias, compulsions or obsessions, are rarely good things, and this one is especially undesirable: an uncontrollable impulse to set fires. The pyr- part, from Greek for "fire," appears in pyramid, pyrotechnic, and empyreal; the English word fire is also distantly related. The mania part means "madness" in Greek, and "fire madness" is a good way to think of pyromania. WORD FAMILYpyromania: pyromaniac+/pyromaniac: pyromaniacs USAGE EXAMPLESHigh-intensity rock albums like “Pyromania” and “Hysteria” made them famous the world over in the 1980s during a resurgence of metal music. Washington Times(Aug 07, 2016) It's a personality trait that tends to fit them, like their chef's whites, that knife collection, maybe some latent pyromania. Los Angeles Times(May 19, 2016) So today, which is National S'mores Day, why not switch out all that happy backyard pyromania for something that actually tastes good? Los Angeles Times(Aug 10, 2015) n an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things Hyper cacoethes, mania, passion an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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