nuts
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++nutsn[plural] informal a man’s testicles → nutnuts1 /nʌts/ adjective [not before noun] informal 1 CRAZYcrazy 发疯的，发狂的 Are you nuts? 你疯了吗？ I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon. 我要是不能很快找到新工作的话，就要发疯了。 Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much). 把那收音机关掉，吵得我快发疯了。2 go nuts spoken a) to become very excited because something good has just happened 欣喜若狂 The crowd went nuts after the third touchdown. 第三次触地得分后观众开始变得疯狂了。 b) to become very angry about something 火冒三丈 Mom’s going to go nuts if you don’t clean this mess up. 假如你不把这弄干净的话，妈妈会发火的。3 be nuts about/over somebody/something informal LIKE somebody OR somethingto like someone or something very much 对某人/某事着迷；热衷于某人/某事 My wife is nuts about kids. 我妻子非常喜欢孩子。
Examples from the Corpus
nuts• Hey, uniforms might be marvelous, but the notion they are a cure for the ills around us is nuts.• I mean, that is just nuts.• That one dude, it was nuts.• Are you nuts or something?• I think we are nuts Steve.• I told you you were nuts to live up there.• Now I know I was nuts to worry.• Joe especially is going nuts tonight.driving ... nuts• Ram's star trip is driving everyone fuckin' nuts.• It will end up driving you nuts otherwise.nuts2 interjection American English old-fashioned 1 used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened 哎呀，坏了 Nuts! Now we’re going to be late for the movie. 哎呀！我们看电影要迟到了。2 nuts to somebody/something old-fashioned used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something 去你的；混蛋〔用于生气地拒绝听某人说话或做某事时〕 ‘Nuts to that, ’ he sneered, and left. “去他的。”他冷笑一声走开了。nNuts /nʌts/ trademark na lad mag (=magazine for young men) published weekly in the UK. It has many pictures of women wearing not much clothing and articles about cars, football, and other things that interest young men.nutsnuts1 adjectivenuts2 interjectionNuts LDOCE OnlineChinese
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nuts1 /nʌts/ 
adjective [not before noun] informal
1. crazy:
Are you nuts?
I’m going to go nuts (=become crazy) if I don’t find a new job soon.
Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).
2. go nuts spoken
a. to become very excited because something good has just happened:
The crowd went nuts after the third touchdown.
b. to become very angry about something:
Mom’s going to go nuts if you don’t clean this mess up.
3. be nuts about/over somebody/something to like someone or something very much:
My wife is nuts about kids.
▪ crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour: People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts. | It was a crazy thing to do.
▪mad British English crazy: Are you mad? | Whose mad idea was that? | At first, everyone thought he was completely mad.
▪nuts informal (also bonkers British English) [not before noun] crazy: The whole thing sounds completely nuts. | Have you gone bonkers?
▪loony informal crazy: another loony suggestion | The man is totally loony.
▪insane completely crazy: I know it sounds insane, but it’s true.
⇨ mentally ill
nuts2 interjection American English old-fashioned
1. used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened:
Nuts__ Now we’re going to be late for the movie.
2. nuts to somebody/something used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something:
‘Nuts to that,’ he sneered, and left.
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adjective [not before noun] informal1. crazy:
2. go nuts spoken
a. to become very excited because something good has just happened:
b. to become very angry about something:
3. be nuts about/over somebody/something to like someone or something very much:
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interjection American English old-fashioned1. used to emphasize that something bad or annoying has happened:
2. nuts to somebody/something used when you are angrily refusing to listen to someone or do something:
Nuts
Nuts /nʌts/ trademark
a lad mag (=magazine for young men) published weekly in the UK. It has many pictures of women wearing not much clothing and articles about cars, football, and other things that interest young men.
Nuts /nʌts/
trademarka lad mag (=magazine for young men) published weekly in the UK. It has many pictures of women wearing not much clothing and articles about cars, football, and other things that interest young men.
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。
Patterns
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
