(of people or ideas )人或思想 slightly crazy, in a way that causes no harm 疯疯癫癫的;古怪的 a batty old man 疯疯癫癫的老人 Her mum’s completely batty. 她妈妈完全是疯疯癫癫的。 There was a batty old woman living next door. 隔壁住着一个疯疯癫癫的老妇人。
Synonyms madmadTopics Personal qualitiesc2- crazy
- nuts
- batty
- out of your mind
- (not) in your right mind
- mad (especially British English
, informal) having a mind that does not work normally: 指疯的、神经错乱的、有精神病的: I thought I’d go mad if I stayed any longer. 我觉得再待久一点我就会发疯。
- crazy (informal
) having a mind that does not work normally: 指疯的、神经错乱的、有精神病的: A crazy old woman rented the upstairs room. 一个疯老太婆租了楼上那个房间。
- nuts [not before noun] (informal) mad:
That noise is driving me nuts! 那噪音吵得我要疯了! You guys are nuts! 你们这些家伙全疯了!
- batty (especially British English, informal) slightly mad, in a harmless way:
Her mum’s completely batty. 她妈妈完全是疯疯癫癫的。
- out of your mind (informal) unable to think or behave normally, especially because of extreme shock or worry:
She was out of her mind with grief. 她悲痛得精神失常了。
- (not) in your right mind (informal
) (not) mentally normal: 指精神(不)正常: No one in their right mind would choose to work there. 任何一个精神正常的人都不会选择去那里工作。
- to be mad/crazy/nuts/out of your mind/not in your right mind to do something
- to go mad/crazy/nuts/batty
- to drive somebody mad/crazy/nuts/batty/out of their mind
- completely mad/crazy/nuts/batty/out of your mind
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from bat (the animal) + -y.