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mad /mæd/► SEE ALLbe mad keen (on sb/sth)(as) mad as a hatter(as) mad as a March harebe barking madbe barkinglike crazy/madhopping mad (about/over sth)(stark) raving mad/bonkers
●be mad ˈkeen (on sb/sth) (informal) be very interested in or enthusiastic about sb/sth （对…）渴望之极，极感兴趣◆She’s been mad keen on African music ever since she came back from Zimbabwe last year.
自从去年从津巴布韦回来，她便对非洲音乐着了迷。◆He’s mad keen on getting into the army.
他想当兵都想疯了。●(as) mad as a ˈhatter (informal) (of a person 人) crazy 疯疯癫癫的 ORIGIN The Mad Hatter was a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Because of the chemicals used in hat-making, workers often suffered from mercury poisoning, which can cause loss of memory and damage to the nervous system. * Mad Hatter （疯狂的帽商）是刘易斯 ∙ 卡罗尔所著《爱丽丝梦游仙境》一书中的人物。做帽子用的化学物质经常使工人受汞毒害，导致他们记忆丧失并使神经系统受损。●(as) mad as a March ˈhare (informal) (of a person 人) crazy 疯狂的 ORIGIN A March hare refers to a hare (= an animal like a large rabbit) that behaves very strangely in the breeding season. * March hare 指一到繁殖季节行为就变得怪异的野兔（hare）。●be barking ˈmad●be ˈbarking (BrE, informal) completely crazy 完全疯了◆You’re playing tennis in this weather? You’re barking mad!你们在这样的天气打网球？真是疯到家了！●like ˈcrazy/ˈmad (informal) very fast, hard, etc. 非常快地；拼命地；发疯似的◆running / working like crazy拼命跑／工作●ˌhopping ˈmad (about/over sth) (informal) extremely angry about sth 暴怒；暴跳如雷◆Anne was hopping mad about the sales figures.安妮看到销售数据后，火冒三丈。●(stark) raving ˈmad/ˈbonkers (informal) completely crazy; suddenly very angry with sb 完全疯掉的；暴怒的◆Are you stark raving mad, jumping off a moving train?你疯了吗？居然从行驶中的火车上跳下来。◆When I told her I’d crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers.我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时，她暴跳如雷。 |