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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mad /mæd/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative madder, superlative maddest) 1 angry 生气的 [not before noun] informal especially American EnglishANGRY angry 生气的mad at Are you still mad at me? 你还生我的气吗？ We get mad at each other sometimes, like any family. 我们有时也会红脸，和任何家庭一样。mad about There’s no need to get mad about it! 没有必要为这事发火！ You make me so mad! 你真把我气坏了！mad withBritish English British English His wife will be really mad with him. 他妻子会对他很生气的。go mad British English (=become very angry) 生气，光火 Look at this mess! Mum will go mad! 瞧这一团糟！妈妈会很生气的！hopping mad (=very angry) 十分生气(as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry) 十分生气的〔粗鲁的说法〕► see thesaurus at angry2 crazy 疯狂的 especially British EnglishCRAZY crazy or very silly 疯狂的；极愚蠢[不明智]的 He can’t possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad! 他不可能按时完成的。他一定是疯了！ I’d go mad (=start to feel crazy) if I was stuck at home all day. 如果我整天困在家里我会发疯的。 He’s been driving me mad! 他真让我受不了！ You’ve agreed to marry him! Are you mad? 你已经同意跟他结婚了！你疯了吗？ Surely no one would be mad enough to fly in this weather? 肯定没有人会傻到在这样的天气条件下飞行吧？ My friends all think I’m stark raving mad (=completely crazy). 我的朋友都认为我是彻底疯了。 It’s enough to send you barking mad (=completely crazy). 这足以让你发狂。as mad as a hatter/March hare (=completely crazy) 完全疯狂的n GrammarIn this meaning, mad is not used with ‘very’. You say: It’s an absolutely mad idea. ✗Don’t say: It’s a very mad idea.3 uncontrolled 失控的 especially British EnglishCRAZY behaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing 举止狂暴的；行为失控的mad dash/rush/panic etc We all made a mad dash for the door. 我们所有人都发疯似的向门口冲去。mad with grief/fear/jealousy etc When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief. 得知儿子的死讯，她悲痛欲绝。 When Italy scored, the crowd went mad (=became very excited). 意大利队进了球，观众欣喜若狂。 We went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money) and ordered champagne. 我们奢侈地要了香槟。4 be mad about/for/on somebody/something informal especially British English to like someone or something very much 特别喜欢[痴迷，迷恋]某人/某物 SYN crazy5 mentally ill 疯癫的，患精神病的，精神错乱的 especially British English old-fashioned informalMENTALLY ILL mentally ill 患精神病的 SYN insane6 like mad informalWORK HARD very much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy 非常〔多、快、起劲等〕7 don’t go mad British English spokenRELAXED used to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money 别不要命地干；别太激动；别乱花钱8 power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc INTERESTEDonly interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it 只对权/钱/性等感兴趣的
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mad• In the ones with both of us, we was laughing like mad.• She looked mean, she looked mad.• You couldn't ring the bell or they would go mad.• Was he mad?• We soon realized that the old man was completely mad.• Don seems really mad about something.• They say she went mad after her family were killed in a fire.• Sheila's mad at me because I forgot to feed the cats yesterday.• Sally was mad at the children for making so much noise.• The thing is she gets mad at the littlest things.• Ernie was mad because we woke him up.• It seems that everyone in Sierra has been driven mad by the heat.• Although mad, flagellants are not cowards.• There was a mad gleam in his bloodshot eyes.• Don't get mad. It was an accident.• The yellow lights on their anorexic columns look mad, like cyclopean triffids, very thin, very tall.mad at• Why are you so mad at me? I didn't do anything.driving ... mad• My despair is driving me mad.• No wonder you were driving yourself mad.• Kegan says they're driving him mad already and he wants me there right away to talk to some bloody newspaper people.• I am driving my mom mad by asking if Fluffy is just bones yet.• Her husband and relatives were virtually camped in the clinic, driving Irina mad with their interference.went mad• Inflation - rampant since independence - now went mad.• Was that when I went mad?• When Megara had borne him three sons he went mad.• My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while.• His father went mad, and was confined to an asylum; maybe that was the disorder Hoover feared.• The comparisons with the good old days before Don Nelson went mad have mercifully ended.• The Press went mad on Doctor Who.• At forty, he heard a sermon by John of Avila and went mad with guilt.mad scientist• There was a fourth, but it was too squashed to be much good to the mad scientist.• Well he wasn't going hedgehog-spotting, not till he'd fixed up a deal with the mad scientist.• Well, Holmes, he looks just like the popular caricature of a mad scientist.• The sooner he could phone the mad scientist, and take them to the poly, the better.• Castle, this 1959 thriller casts Price as a mad scientist who discovers the biological cause of fear in human beings.• This distrust is evident in the cartoon figure of the mad scientist working in his laboratory to produce a Frankenstein.Origin mad Old English gemædmad adjective →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese
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mad
mad S2 W3 /mæd/
adjective (comparative madder, superlative maddest)
mad at
Are you still mad at me?
We get mad at each other sometimes, like any family.
mad about
There’s no need to get mad about it!
You make make me so mad!
mad with British English:
His wife will be really mad with him.
go mad British English (=become very angry)
Look at this mess! Mum will go mad!
hopping mad (=very angry)
(as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry)
2. CRAZY especially British English crazy or very silly:
He can’t possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad!
I’d go mad (=start to feel crazy) if I was stuck at home all day.
He’s been driving me mad!
You’ve agreed to marry him! Are you mad?
Surely no one would be mad enough to fly in this weather?
My friends all think I’m stark raving mad (=completely crazy).
It’s enough to send you barking mad (=completely crazy).
as mad as a hatter/March hare (=completely crazy)
3. UNCONTROLLED especially British English behaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing
mad dash/rush/panic etc
We all made a mad dash for the door.
mad with grief/fear/jealousy etc
When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief.
When Italy scored, the crowd went mad (=became very excited).
We went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money) and ordered champagne.
4. be mad about/for/on somebody/something informal especially British English to like someone or something very much
SYN crazy:
My nine-year-old is mad about Robbie Williams.
He’s mad about computer games.
All the girls at school are mad for him.
be mad keen (on something)
‘Did you enjoy the film?’ ‘I wasn’t mad keen.’
be mad for it (=want to do something very much)
5. MENTALLY ILL especially British English old-fashioned informal mentally ill
SYN insane:
Mr Rochester’s mad wife
He turned towards me with a mad look in his eyes.
the cartoon figure of the mad scientist
6. like mad informal very much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy:
I caught my thumb in the door and it hurt like mad.
She ran like mad to catch the bus.
7. don’t go mad British English spoken used to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money:
I know you’ve got a lot to do but don’t go mad.
8. power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc only interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it:
a power-mad dictator
mad S2 W3 /mæd/
adjective (comparative madder, superlative maddest) Language: Old English
Origin: gemæd
1. ANGRY [not before noun] informal especially American English angryOrigin: gemæd
mad at
mad about
mad with British English:
go mad British English (=become very angry)
hopping mad (=very angry)
(as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry)
2. CRAZY especially British English crazy or very silly:
as mad as a hatter/March hare (=completely crazy)
3. UNCONTROLLED especially British English behaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing
mad dash/rush/panic etc
mad with grief/fear/jealousy etc
4. be mad about/for/on somebody/something informal especially British English to like someone or something very much
SYN crazy:
be mad keen (on something)
be mad for it (=want to do something very much)
5. MENTALLY ILL especially British English old-fashioned informal mentally ill
SYN insane:
6. like mad informal very much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy:
7. don’t go mad British English spoken used to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money:
8. power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc only interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it:
especially
mad ( having a mind that does not work normallyespecially
BrE 指疯的、神经错乱的、有精神病的 ：◆ I thought I'd go mad if I stayed any longer. 我觉得再待久一点我就会发疯。 NOTE Mad is an informal word used to suggest that sb's behaviour is very strange, often because of extreme emotional pressure. It is offensive if used to describe sb suffering from a real mental illness; usementally ill instead.Mad is not usually used in this meaning in North American English; usecrazy instead.* mad 为非正式用语，暗指由于极度的精神压力而行为怪异，用于真正的精神病患者意含冒犯，故用 mentally ill 代之。在美式英语中，通常不用 mad 表示此义，而用 crazy。 crazy ( having a mind that does not work normally指疯的、神经错乱的、有精神病的 ：◆ A crazy old woman rented the upstairs room. 一个疯老太婆租了楼上那个房间。 NOTE Likemad ,crazy is offensive if used to describe sb suffering from a real mental illness.与 mad 一样，crazy 用于真正的精神病患者具冒犯意。 nuts [ ( mad指发疯、神经错乱 ：◆ That noise is driving me nuts! 那噪音吵得我要疯了！ ◆ You guys are nuts! 你们这些家伙全疯了！ batty ( slightly mad, in a harmless wayespecially
BrE 指疯疯癫癫的、古怪的 ：◆ Her mum's completely batty. 她妈妈完全是疯疯癫癫的。 out of your mind ( unable to think or behave normally, especially because of extreme shock or anxiety尤指因极度震惊或焦虑而心智失常、发疯 ：◆ She was out of her mind with grief. 她悲痛得精神失常了。 (not) in your right mind ( (not) mentally normal指精神（不）正常 ：◆ No one in their right mind would choose to work there.任何一个精神正常的人都不会选择去那里工作。
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to be mad/crazy/nuts/out of your mind/not in your right mind to do sth to go mad/crazy/nuts/battyto drive sb mad/crazy/nuts/batty/out of their mindcompletely mad/crazy/nuts/batty/out of your mind
especially
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angry feeling or showing anger 指愤怒、发怒 ：◆ Please don't be angry with me. 请别生我的气。 ◆ Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square. 广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。 mad [ ( angryespecially
NAmE 指愤怒或发怒 ：◆ He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火，愤然离去。 ◆ She's mad at me for being late.我迟到了，她非常生气。 NOTE Mad is the usual word for 'angry' in informal American English. In British English, the phrase 'go mad' means 'very angry'.在非正式的美式英语中，mad 为表示愤怒或发怒 (angry) 的常用词。在英式英语中，短语 go mad 表示非常气愤 ：◆ Dad'll go mad when he sees what you've done. 父亲看到你的所作所为会非常气愤。 'Go mad' can also mean 'go crazy' or 'get very excited'. * go mad 也可指发疯、发狂或激动起来。 indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or sb else has been treated unfairly 指因遭遇或见到不公平的事而愤慨、愤怒 ：◆ She was very indignant at the way she had been treated. 她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。 cross ( rather angry or annoyedespecially
BrE rather
指十分愤怒、恼怒 ：◆ I was quite cross with him for being late. 我因他迟到而十分生气。 NOTE This word is often used by or to children.该词常为儿童用语或对儿童的用语。 irate very angry 指极其愤怒的、暴怒的 ：◆ irate customers 愤怒的顾客 ◆ an irate letter 言辞激愤的信 NOTE Irate is not usually followed by a preposition.* irate 后通常不跟介词 ：◆ She was irate with me/about it.
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angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at sthangry/cross with sb (for doing sth)angry/mad/indignant/cross that …to get angry/mad/crossto make sb angry/mad/cross
angry feeling or showing anger 指愤怒、发怒 ：◆ Please don't be angry with me. 请别生我的气。 ◆ Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square. 广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。 mad [ ( angryespecially
NAmE 指愤怒或发怒 ：◆ He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火，愤然离去。 ◆ She's mad at me for being late.我迟到了，她非常生气。 NOTE Mad is the usual word for 'angry' in informal American English. In British English, the phrase 'go mad' means 'very angry'.在非正式的美式英语中，mad 为表示愤怒或发怒 (angry) 的常用词。在英式英语中，短语 go mad 表示非常气愤 ：◆ Dad'll go mad when he sees what you've done. 父亲看到你的所作所为会非常气愤。 'Go mad' can also mean 'go crazy' or 'get very excited'. * go mad 也可指发疯、发狂或激动起来。 indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or sb else has been treated unfairly 指因遭遇或见到不公平的事而愤慨、愤怒 ：◆ She was very indignant at the way she had been treated. 她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。 cross ( rather angry or annoyedespecially
BrE rather
指十分愤怒、恼怒 ：◆ I was quite cross with him for being late. 我因他迟到而十分生气。 NOTE This word is often used by or to children.该词常为儿童用语或对儿童的用语。 irate very angry 指极其愤怒的、暴怒的 ：◆ irate customers 愤怒的顾客 ◆ an irate letter 言辞激愤的信 NOTE Irate is not usually followed by a preposition.* irate 后通常不跟介词 ：◆ She was irate with me/about it.
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angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at sthangry/cross with sb (for doing sth)angry/mad/indignant/cross that …to get angry/mad/crossto make sb angry/mad/cross
angry feeling or showing anger 指愤怒、发怒 ：◆ Please don't be angry with me. 请别生我的气。 ◆ Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square. 广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。 mad [ ( angryespecially
NAmE 指愤怒或发怒 ：◆ He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火，愤然离去。 ◆ She's mad at me for being late.我迟到了，她非常生气。 NOTE Mad is the usual word for 'angry' in informal American English. In British English, the phrase 'go mad' means 'very angry'.在非正式的美式英语中，mad 为表示愤怒或发怒 (angry) 的常用词。在英式英语中，短语 go mad 表示非常气愤 ：◆ Dad'll go mad when he sees what you've done. 父亲看到你的所作所为会非常气愤。 'Go mad' can also mean 'go crazy' or 'get very excited'. * go mad 也可指发疯、发狂或激动起来。 indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or sb else has been treated unfairly 指因遭遇或见到不公平的事而愤慨、愤怒 ：◆ She was very indignant at the way she had been treated. 她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。 cross ( rather angry or annoyedespecially
BrE rather
指十分愤怒、恼怒 ：◆ I was quite cross with him for being late. 我因他迟到而十分生气。 NOTE This word is often used by or to children.该词常为儿童用语或对儿童的用语。 irate very angry 指极其愤怒的、暴怒的 ：◆ irate customers 愤怒的顾客 ◆ an irate letter 言辞激愤的信 NOTE Irate is not usually followed by a preposition.* irate 后通常不跟介词 ：◆ She was irate with me/about it.
Patterns
angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at sthangry/cross with sb (for doing sth)angry/mad/indignant/cross that …to get angry/mad/crossto make sb angry/mad/cross