frenzy
Word family adjectivefrenzicalnounfrenzy
fren·zy /ˈfrenzi/ ●○○ noun (plural frenzies)1 EXCITED[countableC, uncountableU] a state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you cannot control your behaviour 瘋狂,狂亂frenzy ofa frenzy of religious feeling 狂熱的宗教情感
in a frenzyThe women were screaming and in a frenzy to get home. 那些女人尖叫着,拼命地往家趕。
Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy. 多琳一陣狂怒。
2 [countableC] a time when people do a lot of things very quickly 瘋狂,狂熱〔指一段時間〕frenzy ofa frenzy of activity 一陣忙亂的活動
3 a feeding frenzy b) an occasion when a lot of wild animals, especially sharks, eat something in a very excited way 〔尤指鲨魚群的〕爭食 a feeding frenzy• After the initial reports on CBS, this scene became a media feeding frenzy.• On defense, they are hungrier than sharks in a feeding frenzy.• The dorados were in a feeding frenzy, oblivious to all else.• Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free-agency market, and came up with some star names. Origin frenzy (1300-1400) Old French frenesie, from
Latin phreneticus;
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