wacky
英 ['w?k?]
美
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1. thwack => whack.
2. 同源擬聲詞：thwack, whack, whang.
3. whack => whacky => wacky (from the notion of being whacked on the head one too many times; a person who behaves as if he had been whacked on the head).
4. wacky => wack (back-formation from wacky).
5. 韓國電影：《痞子老師》：《Mr. Wacky》.
6. 日本動畫片：《古怪賽車》：《Wacky Races》.
7. 國外兒童書籍：Wacky Wednesday 蘇斯博士：古怪的星期三.
8. wacky → wack(n.怪人)+y → 古怪的. wack音“歪客” → 怪人
中文詞源
wacky 古怪的，瘋癲的來自whacky變體，擊，打，引申義被打傻的。比較dingbat.
英文詞源
- wacky (adj.)
- "crazy, eccentric," 1935, variant of whacky (n.) "fool," late 1800s British slang, probably ultimately from whack "a blow, stroke," from the notion of being whacked on the head one too many times.
雙語例句
- 1. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists.
- 太空科學(xué)家想法古怪是不足為奇的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some of his friends are pretty wild and wacky characters.
- 他的一些朋友是那種放蕩不羈又怪里怪氣的人。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Have you been using that wacky paste stuff that made me see my sister get eaten?
- 你用了那個讓我看到我妹妹被吃掉的奇怪的糨糊 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
- 4. What was I thinking of, picking a wacky subject like cryonics?
- 我當(dāng)初到底是怎么想的 —— 竟然挑了一個人體冷凍術(shù)這樣的古怪話題?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Many Norwegians consider the idea wacky, according to media reports.
- 據(jù)媒體報導(dǎo),許多挪威人認(rèn)為這個想法十分怪異.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)