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    In informal British English, a nutter is a person other people think is crazy — someone who does wild, strange, or silly things. It is slang, and it is not kind.

    In informal British English在英式非正式英文裡,a nutter is a person other people think is crazynutter指的是被別人覺得很瘋的人——someone who does wild, strange, or dangerously silly things一個會做出瘋狂、怪異,或危險傻事的人。It is slang, and it is not kind這是俚語,而且不太友善。

    You would not say it to someone’s face unless you were joking with a very close friend, and even then it can hurt.

    You would not say it to someone's face你通常不會當面對人這樣說,unless you were joking with a very close friend除非是跟很熟的朋友開玩笑,and even then it can hurt即使如此也可能傷人。

    It is not a doctor’s word; it is just a rough way of saying “this person seems mad to me.” Though actually, people sometimes use it half-fondly, as in “He’s a bit of a nutter, but he’s harmless.” American speakers are more likely to say nut, , or crazy.

    It is not a doctor's word這不是醫生用的字眼;it is just a rough way of saying "this person seems mad to me."只是一種粗略的說法,表示「這個人在我看來有點瘋」。Though actually, people sometimes use it half-fondly不過其實,有時候大家會帶點寵溺地這樣說, as in "He's a bit of a nutter, but he's harmless."像是「He's a bit of a nutter, but he's harmless.」American speakers are more likely to say nut, nutcase, or crazy美國人比較常說nut、nutcase,或直接說crazy。

    Do not use it in class, in a job, or about someone who is really .

    Do not use it in class, in a job, or about someone who is really unwell不要在課堂上、工作場合,或用在真的生病的人身上使用這個字。

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組成nut (old slang for a crazy person) + -er (a person). So a nutter is “a nut-person.” The Middle English word nutter, notere was already nut + -er. (There is another, separate word from a blend of nut + butter; that is not this meaning.)

同家族的字

  • nutthe slang piece meaning a crazy person
  • nuttythe adjective: a bit crazy

原始詞典資料4 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。

Nuttername

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    A surname originating as an occupation.

nutternoun詞源 1/ˈnʌtə/

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    A person who gathers nuts.

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    derogatoryinformalAn eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.

    • That bird who's hanging' out with you is mad like cat piss / Like bread and jam, or a knife going with butter / Face it son, your missus is a nutter!
    • When I asked Mr Robinson why he'd made his own attempts, he said, 'It gets to be a bug. And I suppose I'm a nutter.'

nutternoun詞源 2/ˈnʌtə/

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    obsoletenut butter

    • Nut Butter (Table Nutter) is also recommended.
    • Among the miscellaneous articles examined, 27 samples of vegetable fat resembling lard were purchased for analysis under the various names of nut lard, nut butter, nutter, palmine, &c. These were passed as genuine.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。