- [usually before noun] (disapproving)
(of a type of person 某类人 having very strong feelings about something and acting in an unacceptable way 极端的；疯狂的 rabid right-wing fanatics 极端的右翼狂热分子 the rabid tabloid press 偏激的小报
- [usually before noun] (disapproving)
(of feelings or opinions 感情或看法 violent or extreme 激烈的；极端的 rabid speculation 非理性推断
suffering from rabies 患狂犬病的 a rabid dog 疯狗
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.