loco

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈləʊ.kəʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism. countable,uncountable
  2. Short for locomotive. abbreviation,alt-of,informal
    — A locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made; and No. .007, besides being sensitive, was new. The red paint was hardly dry on his spotless bumper-bar, his headlight shone like a fireman’s helmet, and his cab might have been a hard-wood-finish parlour. They had run him into the round-house after his trial—he had said good-bye to his best friend in the shops, the overhead travelling-crane—the big world was just outside; and the other locos were taking stock of him.
  3. Short for locofoco, in its various senses. US,abbreviation,alt-of,historical,informal
    — Like his fellow Young American locos, Thomas Dorr was an early and vigorous advocate of global republicanism and William Leggett’s locofocoism, though this point is little-known and less emphasized in histories of the Dorr Rebellion.
动词 v.
  1. To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism. transitive
  2. To render insane. broadly,colloquial,transitive
    — They say that he is locoed. The insane asylums of California contain many shepherds.
形容词 adj.
  1. Crazy. colloquial
    — It's Cottontail Smith, and he's gone plumb loco!
  2. Intoxicated by eating locoweed. Southwestern,US
副词 adv.
  1. A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower. not-comparable

词形变化

more loco comparative most loco superlative locos plural locoes plural locos present,singular,third-person locoing participle,present locoed participle,past locoed past locos plural

词汇关系

衍生词
loc loco moco locoweed diesel loco locoman locoshed locospotter steam loco
相关词
locoism in loco in loco parentis in loco parentum

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Italianbor.
English loco
Borrowed from Italian.
词源 2
From Spanish loco (“insane, crazy; loose”).
词源 3
From clipping of locomotive and locofoco, both from Latin locus (“place, cause”).
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