基本释义 adj. 极端愚蠢的,疯狂的 The goal is always straight forward: amass a better five-card hand than your opponents. But the paths to success are many and divergent. Sometimes it involves bluffing, a practice that, initially, children embrace with lunatic enthusiasm. 追根溯源 单词lunatic来源于拉丁语luna,表示月亮,在罗马神话中Luna是月亮女神,由于月亮的阴晴圆缺影响地球的潮汐甚至生物周期,因此古人相信月亮拥有使人疯狂的魔力,更是将精神病与月亮的盈亏联系起来,在月亮逐渐变圆之时,精神病患者就会随之更加狂乱。 lunatic在拉丁语中的本意就是moon strike(月亮的侵袭),表示“随着月亮的阴晴圆缺而发生精神错乱”,早期人们用这个词直接指“疯子”,而现在属于冒犯语,作为名词时,更多指“极端愚蠢的人、精神错乱者、狂人”。 影视例句 在美剧《摩登家庭》中,Claire抱怨从门前开车过去的一些司机不减速,其中就用到了今天的单词: Ever since they put those speed bumps on Oakmont, some lunatic driver in a crazy sports car has been racing down our street, and it is dangerous. We've got kids here and babies in strollers and moms who like to jog. 自从他们在奥克蒙特设了减速坎,一些驾驶疯狂跑车的司机就开始在我们这条街上赛车,这太危险了。我们这里有小孩,还有坐婴儿车的婴儿,还有喜欢慢跑的妈妈们。 |
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