| 单词 | frantic |
| 释义 | fran·tic I. 1. a. archaic < sorrows, and grief of heart, makes him speak … like a frantic man — Shakespeare > b. < at the beach outside Venice they drove the caretaker frantic by demanding, one after the other, an adequately large bathing suit — Robert Berkelman > c. < frantic with anger and frustration > 2. a. < this almost frantic search for new writers — J.T.Farrell > < the most frantic dancers in the world — Wolcott Gibbs > < did a tumbling act, spinning across the stage in a series of frantic cartwheels as though she were made of springs — Winifred Bambrick > < tornadoes and frantic thunderstorms — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < there was something desperate and frantic in this gaiety — B.A.Williams > : wild or out of control especially with fear and anxiety < after longer periods without water they sometimes become frantic — American Guide Series: Arizona > < clasping me in desperation like a person frantic with drowning — R.P.Warren > < destroyed the bridges … in spite of frantic protests from the townspeople — American Guide Series: Tennessee > b. < frantic applause at the end of the opera > < the batsman, making a frantic attempt to cover himself — Dorothy Sayers > 3. of an emotion < frantic fear and fanatical hatred — M.R.Cohen > < a child, playing on a damp beach, suddenly finds he can repeat, over and over, the imprint of his hand … will do this, then, in frantic joy — Roger Burlingame > 4. < the forest seemed a vast hive of men buzzing about in frantic circles — Stephen Crane > < protests with frantic words and gestures that he has only desired peace — Sir Winston Churchill > < our frantic zeal to extend the frontiers of knowledge — E.S.McCartney > < the frantic beat of hoofs down the road — T.B.Costain > 5. < in a frantic hurry to get home > • fran·ti·cal·ly • fran·tic·ly • fran·tic·ness II. archaic |
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