喜樂美語

核心畫面

Something that has come loose from sense — like a cracked, broken thing that no longer holds together straight. From that one crack spread two directions: a mind off its rails, and any behaviour or feeling that has lost its normal limits.

可以想成一個「裂開、不再照常理運作」的東西：原本該整整齊齊、按規矩走的，現在卻脫了線、失了控。crazy 最早的畫面…更多收起可以想成一個「裂開、不再照常理運作」的東西：原本該整整齊齊、按規矩走的，現在卻脫了線、失了控。crazy 最早的畫面比較像一件破裂、搖搖晃晃站不穩的東西；從這道裂縫往外長出兩個方向——一個是「腦子脫離常軌」，一個是「行為或情緒超出了平常的界線」。

Five branches

離譜·不合常理

最貼近核心「脫離常理」的一支：事情或想法本身跳出了正常的軌道。

very strange or silly · adjective · A2

Very strange, silly, or not at all sensible.

瘋狂的／荒唐的

為某事著迷

把「失控」轉到情感上：喜歡到失去了冷靜的分寸。

infatuated with · adjective · A2

Liking someone or something so much that it fills your thoughts.

著迷的／超愛的

氣到抓狂

同樣是情緒失控，只是換成怒氣這一面。

very angry or annoyed · adjective · A2

Feeling very angry or annoyed.

抓狂的／氣壞的

猛烈·過頭

「失去界線」用到程度上：做一件事做到沒有節制、衝過了頭。

like crazy · adjective · A2

Used in the phrase 'like crazy' to mean very much or very quickly.

拼命地／猛烈地

瘋子（名詞）

把形容詞「脫軌、行為失常」凝固成一個人的稱呼。

a crazy (wild or strange person) · noun · B2

An informal word for a person who behaves in a very strange or wild way.

瘋子（口語）

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

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。

crazyadj/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

  • 1

    Of unsound mind; insane; demented.

    • His ideas were both frightening and crazy.
    • Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection.
  • 2

    Out of control.

    • When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.
  • 3

    Very excited or enthusiastic.

    • He went crazy when he won.
    • The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
  • 4

    In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

    • Why is she so crazy about him?
  • 5

    informalVery unexpected; wildly surprising.

    • crazy work
    • The game had a crazy ending.
  • 6

    obsoleteFlawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.

    • Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition.
    • Piles of mean and crazy houses.
  • 7

    obsoleteSickly, frail; diseased.

    • Over moist and crazy brains.
    • One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.

crazyadv/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

  • 1

    slangVery, extremely.

    • That trick was crazy good.
    • I'm crazy tired after today's shift at work.

crazynoun/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

  • 1

    slangAn insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

    • Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?
  • 2

    slangEccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.

    • Then again, her whole evening was full of crazy, and she didn't know what else to do.

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。