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词组 barmy
释义 barmy
noun
a mad or eccentric person UK
Derives from barm, a dialect term for “yeast”. The English Dialect Dictionary, 1905, remarks “frothing like barm hence, full of ferment, flighty, empty-headed”. It is probably relevant to note also the lunatic asylum built in 1828 at Barming Heath, Kent (now the site of Maidstone Hospital).
  • [T]he insomniacs and speed freaks, the hypermanics, night prowlers and other barmies[.] — John King, White Trash, p. 18, 2001
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