crackpot

FREQ #22709

a. 想入非非的, 不切实的 n. 疯子, 怪人, 狂想家

发音

US /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/

词形变化

crackpots 复数 crackpots more crackpot 比较级 most crackpot 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

    非正式

    Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.

  2. 2.

    Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

    非正式
adj.
  1. 1.

    Eccentric or impractical.

    非正式

    a crackpot idea

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

nut crank nutcase fruitcake screwball

上位词 4

geek eccentric flake oddball

相关短语

crackpot index Crackpot Index

词源

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.

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