mad /mæd/ ●●● S2 W3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp madder, superlativesupl maddest)1 angry 生氣的 [not before noun] informal especially American EnglishAmEANGRY angry 生氣的mad atAre you still mad at me? 你還生我的氣嗎?
We get mad at each other sometimes, like any family. 我們有時也會紅臉,和任何家庭一樣。
mad aboutThere’s no need to get mad about it! 沒有必要爲這事發火!
You make me so mad! 你真把我氣壞了!
mad with British EnglishBrEHis wife will be really mad with him. 他妻子會對他很生氣的。
go mad British EnglishBrE (=become very angry) 生氣,光火Look at this mess! Mum will go mad! 瞧這一團糟!媽媽會很生氣的!
hopping mad (=very angry) 十分生氣
(as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry) 十分生氣的〔粗魯的說法〕
► see thesaurus at angry 2 crazy 瘋狂的 especially British EnglishBrECRAZY crazy or very silly 瘋狂的;極愚蠢[不明智]的He can’t possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad! 他不可能按時完成的。他一定是瘋了!
I’d go mad (=start to feel crazy) if I was stuck at home all day. 如果我整天困在家裏我會發瘋的。
He’s been driving me mad! 他真讓我受不了!
You’ve agreed to marry him! Are you mad? 你已經同意跟他結婚了!你瘋了嗎?
Surely no one would be mad enough to fly in this weather? 肯定沒有人會傻到在這樣的天氣條件下飛行吧?
My friends all think I’m stark raving mad (=completely crazy). 我的朋友都認爲我是徹底瘋了。
It’s enough to send you barking mad (=completely crazy). 這足以讓你發狂。
as mad as a hatter/March hare (=completely crazy) 完全瘋狂的
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 EnglishBrECRAZY behaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing 舉止狂暴的;行爲失控的mad dash/rush/panic etcWe all made a mad dash for the door. 我們所有人都發瘋似的向門口沖去。
mad with grief/fear/jealousy etcWhen she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief. 得知兒子的死訊,她悲痛欲絕。
When Italy scored, the crowd went mad (=became very excited). 意大利隊進了球,觀衆欣喜若狂。
We went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money) and ordered champagne. 我們奢侈地要了香槟。
4 be mad about/for/on somebody/something informal especially British EnglishBrE to like someone or something very much 特别喜歡[癡迷,迷戀]某人/某物 SYN crazyMy nine-year-old is mad about Robbie Williams. 我九歲大的孩子對羅比•威廉斯非常着迷。
He’s mad about computer games. 他癡迷電腦遊戲。
All the girls at school are mad for him. 學校裏的女孩都非常迷戀他。
be mad keen (on something)‘Did you enjoy the film?’ ‘I wasn’t mad keen.’ “你喜歡這部電影嗎?”“我並不十分喜歡。”
be mad for it (=want to do something very much) 很想做某事
be mad keen (on something)• Some men are mad keen on football.• Giles was mad keen on planes from an early age. 5 mentally ill 瘋癫的,患精神病的,精神錯亂的 especially British EnglishBrE old-fashioned informalMENTALLY ILL mentally ill 患精神病的 SYN insaneMr Rochester’s mad wife 羅切斯特先生的瘋妻
He turned towards me with a mad look in his eyes. 他轉向我,眼裏帶着瘋狂的神色。
the cartoon figure of the mad scientist 瘋子科學家這一卡通人物
6 like mad informalWORK HARD very much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy 非常〔多、快、起勁等〕I caught my thumb in the door and it hurt like mad. 我的大拇指被門夾了,疼得要命。
She ran like mad to catch the bus. 她發瘋似的跑着去趕公共汽車。
7 don’t go mad British EnglishBrE spokenRELAXED used to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money 别不要命地幹;别太激動;别亂花錢I know you’ve got a lot to do but don’t go mad. 我知道你有許多事情要做,但也别太拼命。
8 power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc INTERESTEDonly interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it 只對權/錢/性等感興趣的a power-mad dictator 權迷心竅的獨裁者