- craze (for something)
an enthusiastic interest in something that is shared by many people but that usually does not last very long; a thing that people have a craze for synonym fad(通常为一时的)狂热,疯狂;风行一时的东西 the latest fitness craze to sweep the country 最近风靡全国的健身热
Extra ExamplesDoctors warned of the latest drug craze to sweep America. 医生提醒大家注意最近风靡美国的吸毒之风。 Is this interest in health foods just a passing craze? 这股健康食品热是否只能持续一时? It's the latest craze to hit San Francisco. 那是将影响旧金山的最新流行时尚。 The princess started a craze for huge earrings. 这位公主引发了戴巨型耳环的时尚。 the craze for fashionable sports clothing 对时髦运动服的狂热 the latest craze among children 儿童的最新时尚 I don't understand this craze for collecting labels. 这种收集标签的狂热我无法理解。 Pet pigs are the latest craze. 最近兴起养宠物猪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- new
- …
- start
- sweep something
- sweep through something
- hit something
- …
- craze among
- craze for
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘break, produce cracks’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa ‘crunch’.