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A craze is a fashion, a game, a song, an app — anything that lots of people suddenly love, and then, often quite soon, drop. We usually say a craze for something.
A craze is a fashion, a game, a song, an appcraze是指流行、遊戲、歌曲、應用程式—— anything that lots of people suddenly love, and then, often quite soon, drop任何很多人突然愛上、卻常常很快又拋棄的東西 We usually say a craze for something我們通常會說a craze for something
Neutral, everyday, a little like newspaper talk: writers like the word because it already says “hot, and maybe not for long.” A trend can last; a craze feels short and a bit mad. You do not call a person a craze.
Neutral, everyday, a little like newspaper talk中性、日常，有點像新聞用語： writers like the word because it already says "hot, and maybe not for long."寫作者喜歡用這個字，因為它本身就在說「很紅，但可能不會太久」。 A trend can lasttrend可以持續很久； a craze feels short and a bit madcraze則感覺短暫又有點瘋狂 You do not call a person a craze你不會用craze來稱呼一個人
Though actually, the word started as “to smash, to crack to pieces,” from an old Norse shatter-word that is, in the end, — it sounds like cracking. That older life is why crazed can mean a glaze full of tiny cracks, and why crazy and crazed exist at all.
Though actually, the word started as "to smash, to crack to pieces,"不過其實，這個字一開始的意思是「打碎、砸成碎片」， from an old Norse shatter-word源自一個古諾斯語的碎裂詞， that is, in the end, imitative而那個詞說到底是擬聲的—— it sounds like cracking聽起來就像碎裂的聲音 That older life is why crazed can mean a glaze full of tiny cracks這個較早的意義正是為什麼crazed可以指佈滿細小裂紋的釉面， and why crazy and crazed exist at all也是為什麼crazy和crazed這兩個字會存在的原因
The fashion sense grew from the idea of people going a bit wild for a thing. The verb to craze in everyday talk is rare now; the noun for the short fashion is the one you will actually meet.
The fashion sense grew from the idea of people going a bit wild for a thing流行的意思是從人們對某樣東西有點瘋狂這個概念發展出來的 The verb to craze in everyday talk is rare now動詞to craze在日常對話裡現在很少見了； the noun for the short fashion is the one you will actually meet你實際上會遇到的，是指短暫流行的那個名詞用法
組成Does not split in modern English. From Middle English crasen, “to crush, shatter,” from Old Norse *krasa, “to shatter,” ultimately imitative. Cousin to Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish words meaning to crackle or smash.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
crazenoun/kɹeɪz/
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A strong habitual desire or fancy.
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A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
- Have you heard about the new dance craze? / Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed / Big fun to be had by everyone / It's up to you, it surely can be done
- Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford off-license prices back home.
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ceramicschemistryengineeringA crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
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archaicCraziness; insanity.
- ‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’
crazeverb/kɹeɪz/
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archaicTo weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
- till length of years / And ſedentary numneſs craze my limbs
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To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
- any man […] that is crazed and out of his wits
- Grief hath crazed my wits.
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To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
- And if Robin should be cast / Sudden from his turfed grave, / And if Marian should have / Once again her forest days, / She would weep and he would craze: [...]
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archaicTo break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
- God looking forth will trouble all his Hoſt / And craze thir Chariot wheels:
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To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。