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crazed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry
crazed /kreɪzd/ adjective  MPCRAZYbehaving in a wild and uncontrolled way like someone who is mentally ill 疯狂的,狂野的crazed with grief/pain/fear etc He was crazed with grief after the death of his mother. 母亲去世后他悲痛欲绝。 The old woman had a crazed expression on her face. 那老妇人的脸上有一种疯狂的表情。 a crazed killer 疯狂的杀手
Examples from the Corpus
crazedShe stared in at Louisa like a crazed creature, silently beseeching help.She was once attacked by a crazed fan.A crazed killer plunged a knife into his eye as he waited on a crowded platform.How safe would she be in her own flat, if some crazed person was determined to hunt her down?There's Stansted Airport in Essex, whose massive tubular supports look like the work of a crazed plumber.I have seen this before, he thought, still with his mind in that crazed slow motion.An even more tragic fate befell many who, amid the crazed stampede, were able to get out of the fort.Flagellants are crazed wanderers obsessed with the doom of the world.There was something sad about Spring Mill now, with its crazed windows and its broken bricks, something a bit sinister.crazed with grief/pain/fear etcThe creature flings itself on the nearest character, crazed with pain and the desire to escape.
Origin crazed (1500-1600) craze to make crazy ((15-19 centuries)), from craze to crack, crush ((14-20 centuries)), from a Scandinavian language
wild in behaving like a uncontrolled way Corpus and


crazed
crazed /kreɪzd/ adjective
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: craze 'to make crazy' (15-19 centuries), from craze 'to crack, crush' (14-20 centuries), from a Scandinavian language
behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way like someone who is mentally ill
    crazed with grief/pain/fear etc
    He was crazed with grief after the death of his mother.
    The old woman had a crazed expression on her face.
    a crazed killer


crazedBrE /kreɪzd/ 🔊NAmE /kreɪzd/ 🔊 adjective~ (with sth) (formal) full of strong feelings and lacking control 疯狂的;发狂的crazed with fear/grief/jealousy 害怕/伤心/嫉妒得发疯a crazed killer roaming the streets在街上游荡的丧心病狂的杀手