frenzy

英['frenzɪ] 美['frɛnzi]
  • n. 狂暴;狂怒;暴怒
  • vt. 使发狂;使狂怒

词态变化


复数: frenzies;

助记提示


frantic狂乱的。
frenetic狂乱的。
frenzied狂乱的。

1. schizophrenia(精神分裂症) => phren- "mind, reason" => fren- / frenet- / frent- / frant- "mind, reason" => frenzy, frenetic, frantic.

中文词源


frenzy 狂暴

来自frenetic, 狂乱的。

英文词源


frenzy
frenzy: see frantic
frenzy (n.)
mid-14c., "delirium, insanity," from Old French frenesie "frenzy, madness" (13c.), from Medieval Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis, back-formation from Latin phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic). Meaning "excited state of mind" is from c. 1400.
frenzy (v.)
1795, from frenzy (n.). Related: Frenzied; frenzying.

双语例句


1. I worked myself into frenzy plotting ways to make him jealous.
我绞尽脑汁,处心积虑,就是为了让他嫉妒。

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2. "Get out!" she ordered in a frenzy.
“滚出去!”她狂怒地命令道。

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3. The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.
这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂.

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4. In a frenzy of hate he killed his enemy.
他在一阵痛恨之下杀死了他的敌人.

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5. Joe McCarthy whipped up Americans into a frenzy of anti-Communist activity in the Fifties.
20世纪50年代,乔·麦卡锡使美国人卷入了疯狂的反共运动之中。

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