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barmy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++barm·y /ˈbɑːmi $ ˈbɑːrmi/ adjective British English informal  CRAZYslightly crazy 疯疯癫癫的;傻呵呵的 That’s a barmy idea. 这个主意蛮傻的。
Examples from the Corpus
barmyHowever, his appearance in the witness box in support of Gary Blissett in the John Uzzell case was plain barmy.She obviously thought he was barmy.I was fourteen then, I'd seen her in National Velvet, and had been barmy about her ever since.She's barmy as a bedbug.A small pastry hat manifested itself low on my brow, giving the missing barmy look to my regalia.
Origin barmy (1400-1500) barm froth that forms on beer when it is being made
barm·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus crazy slightly


barmy
barmy /ˈbɑːmi $ ˈbɑːrmi/ adjective British English informal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Origin: barm 'froth that forms on beer when it is being made'
slightly crazy:
    That’s a barmy idea.


barmyBrE /ˈbɑːmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɑːrmi/ 🔊 adjective (BrE, informal) slightly crazy 傻乎乎的;疯疯癫癫的