craze

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
  2. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
    — Have you heard about the new dance craze? / Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed / Big fun to be had by everyone / It's up to you, it surely can be done
  3. A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
  4. Craziness; insanity. archaic
    — ‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’
动词 v.
  1. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. archaic
    — till length of years / And ſedentary numneſs craze my limbs
  2. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
    — any man […] that is crazed and out of his wits
  3. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
    — And if Robin should be cast / Sudden from his turfed grave, / And if Marian should have / Once again her forest days, / She would weep and he would craze: [...]
  4. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase. archaic,intransitive,transitive
    — God looking forth will trouble all his Hoſt / And craze thir Chariot wheels:
  5. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. intransitive,transitive

词形变化

crazes plural crase alternative craise alternative craize alternative crazes present,singular,third-person crazing participle,present crazed participle,past crazed past crase alternative craise alternative craize alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
becraze crazeless craze line crazen crazy witch craze
相关词
fad trend

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative.
Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”).
词源 2
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative.
Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”).
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