frenzy英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A state of wild activity or panic. countable,uncountable

— international media frenzy
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. countable,uncountable

— The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.

动词 v.

To render frantic. uncommon

— Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.
To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy. rare

— The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.

形容词 adj.

Mad; frantic. obsolete

— They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

词形变化

frenzies plural phrenzy alternative phrensy alternative more frenzy comparative most frenzy superlative phrenzy alternative phrensy alternative frenzies present,singular,third-person frenzying participle,present frenzied participle,past frenzied past phrenzy alternative phrensy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

feeding frenzy frenzical frenzily

词源

词源 1

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

词源 2

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

词源 3

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.