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madman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mad·man /ˈmædmən/ noun (plural madmen /-mən/) [countable]  1 CONTROLsomeone who behaves in a wild uncontrolled way 疯子〔指行为失控的人〕 He drives like a madman. 他开起车来像个疯子。2. MENTALLY ILL old-fashioned a man who is mentally ill 疯子,精神失常者,神经错乱的人
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madmanI was working like a madman right up to the minute of the last show in London, then I collapsed in the studio.I had found a way to be paid for living life of a madman, she said.The media is carrying the whole thing like he was a madman.She took one look at Dean and decided that he was a madman.There were moral objections to house lizards being senselessly butchered by madmen.Carkesse believed that madmen vent their rage by words on air, poets by ink on paper.His only thought was to get away, away from those madmen, away from the mutation, away from the cathedral.like a madmanThe fans cheered like madmen when he scored a touchdown.The one who rides that horse of his like a madman.I was working like a madman right up to the minute of the last show in London, then I collapsed in the studio.
mad·man nounChineseSyllable
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madman
madman /ˈmædmən/ noun (plural madmen /-mən/) [countable]
1. someone who behaves in a wild uncontrolled way:
    He drives like a madman.
2. old-fashioned a man who is mentally ill


mad·manBrE /ˈmædmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmædmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
mad·men BrE /ˈmædmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmædmən/ 🔊
)
a man who has a serious mental illness 疯子;精神病患者The killing was the act of a madman. 这起凶杀案是一个疯子所为。🔊🔊He drove like a madman. 他像疯了似的开着车。🔊🔊Some madman (= stupid person) deleted all the files. 不知哪个笨蛋把所有的文件都删掉了。🔊🔊   see also madwoman