bughouse

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc. US,slang
  2. A prison. US,slang
  3. A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum. US,slang
    — Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly.
  4. A cheap and dirty cinema. South-Africa,slang
  5. Clipping of bughouse chess abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
形容词 adj.
  1. Crazy, insane. US,slang
    — “Get up and dress. I can stand a rattlesnake, but I hate a liar. Do I have to tell you again?” He caught McGuire by the neck and stood him on the floor. / “Say, friend,” cried McGuire wildly, “are you bughouse? I’m sick—see? I’ll croak if I got to hustle. What’ve I done to yer?”—he began his chronic whine—“I never asked yer to⸺”

词形变化

bughouses plural more bughouse comparative most bughouse superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
bughouse chess

词源

词源 1
From bug + house.
词源 2
From bug + house.
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