rabid

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rab·id /ˈræbəd, ˈreɪ-/ adjective 1 PPGhaving very extreme and unreasonable opinions 过激的；狂热的 a group of rabid right-wing fanatics 一群极端的右翼狂热分子2. HBAMIa rabid animal is suffering from rabies 患狂犬病的 —rabidly adverb

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rabid• Major Arnold was greatly exercised over the possibility that Theodore might be rabid.• Raccoons no longer trapped for their fur, have invaded suburbia around Washington and a few have recently been found to be rabid.• So why are some fellow Republicans acting as if Bush were a rabid armadillo?• Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature, some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period.• Stephenson drew huge, rabid crowds on his barnstorming tours of the Indiana countryside.• a rabid dog• Neither event was marked by screaming headlines or rabid editorials.• The more rabid federalists became impatient with procedural delays and wanted to effect a return to the federal system at once.• rabid liberals• The little man would trot around, mumbling contentedly, reenacting heroic skirmishes with rabid Orks in cramped subterranean Squattish strongholds.Origin rabid (1600-1700) Latin rabidus, from rabere; → RAGE1

rab·id adjectiveChineseSyllable

extreme having opinions and Corpus very unreasonable

rabid
rab‧id /ˈræbəd, ˈræbɪd, ˈreɪ-/