crackpot

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. informal
    — Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.
  2. Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). informal
形容词 adj.
  1. Eccentric or impractical. informal
    — a crackpot idea

词形变化

crackpots plural more crackpot comparative most crackpot superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
crackpot index crackpotitude crackpotology crackpottery crackpotty

词源

词源 1
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate.
Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.
词源 2
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate.
Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.
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