mad scientist

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词形变化

mad scientists 复数 mad scientists

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.

    A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.

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    The Nutty Professor franchise explores the light comedic potential of a mad scientist.

    Dr Strangelove explores the darker comedic potential of a mad scientist.

    Her new novel involves a mad scientist, but there's more to it than just bubbling flasks and lightning bolts.

  2. 2.

    A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.

    A real-life scientist who is asserted to embody such an archetype.

    The mad scientists at Acme Labs have done it again! [said either approvingly or disparagingly]

  3. 3.

    A bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction; sometimes, a complex character in whom these archetypes seem to vie for supremacy.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a scientist who is insane, power-mad, or similarly deranged.

    In the 1890s, some of the locals viewed the chemical plant as a folly run by mad scientists and venal aristocrats.