schizophrenic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person suffering from schizophrenia.
    — Oh, what an extraordinary idea! I have served 11 governments in the past 30 years. If I'd believed in all their policies, [proceeds to describe contradictory policies by different parties], but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track).
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to schizophrenia.
  2. Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
  3. Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality. dated,informal
    — Schizophrenia is where two or more personalities live in the same brain. The ancients of the 20th Century actually looked upon schizophrenia as a disease! Everyone felt it was very shameful to have a schizophrenic person in the family,
  4. Having qualities that strongly conflict or are at odds. dated,informal
    — Höss, a man of schizophrenic sensibility, preferred gassing to shooting because he was “spared all these bloodbaths.”

词形变化

more schizophrenic comparative most schizophrenic superlative schizophrenics plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English schizophrenia
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English schizophrenic
From schizophrenia + -ic.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English schizophrenia
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English schizophrenic
From schizophrenia + -ic.
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