英:[ˈkrækpɒt]
美:[ˈkrækpɑt]
英:[ˈkrækpɒt]
美:[ˈkrækpɑt]
crack·pot
kraek pat
复数:crackpots
noun
(informal) a person whose behavior or ideas are considered bizarre.
adjective
(informal) of an eccentric, bizarre, or impractical nature.His crackpot schemes came to nothing.
"精神失常的人",1898年,可能来自于 crack(v.)+ pot(n.1)在俚语中的意思是“头部”。比较 crack-brain “疯子”(16世纪晚期)。早期它被用于俚语中的意思是“小角色大亨”(1883年),并被医生用来指代“在与支气管相通的腔体上敲击时有时会听到的金属声响”。
The first known use of crackpot was in 1883
craftyadjective
skillful at deceiving others
craft1 of 2noun
skill in planning, making, or doing
an occupation requiring skill in using the hands : trade
plural articles made by craftspeople
a store selling crafts
skill in deceiving to gain an end
the members of a trade
a boat especially of small size
aircraft
spacecraft
craft2 of 2verb
to make by or as if by hand a carefully crafted story
crafted a sculpture
cradle1 of 2noun
a bed for a baby usually on rockers
a place of origin
the cradle of civilization
the earliest period of life
a framework or support resembling a baby's cradle in appearance or use
a tool with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain
a rocking tool used in panning for gold
a support for a telephone handset
cradle2 of 2verb
to place or keep in or as if in a cradle
to protect and cherish lovingly
to cut grain with a cradle
to wash in a miner's cradle
cradle1 of 2noun
a bed for a baby usually on rockers
a place of origin
the cradle of civilization
the earliest period of life
a framework or support resembling a baby's cradle in appearance or use
a tool with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain
a rocking tool used in panning for gold
a support for a telephone handset
cradle2 of 2verb
to place or keep in or as if in a cradle
to protect and cherish lovingly
to cut grain with a cradle
to wash in a miner's cradle
cradle1 of 2noun
a bed for a baby usually on rockers
a place of origin
the cradle of civilization
the earliest period of life
a framework or support resembling a baby's cradle in appearance or use
a tool with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain
a rocking tool used in panning for gold
a support for a telephone handset
cradle2 of 2verb
to place or keep in or as if in a cradle
to protect and cherish lovingly
to cut grain with a cradle
to wash in a miner's cradle
crack-up1 of 2noun
collision, wreck
crack up2 of 2verb
praise sense 1, tout
it's not all it's cracked up to be
to cause or have a crack-up
crack up a car
crackpotnoun
a very eccentric or strange person
1 The result is a witty story that chews on Internet scams, relationship killers, crackpot theology, baseball mania and the desperate loneliness of modern life.
2 Godwin was a bishop and a crackpot; he seems to have believed that he had invented the radio.
3 “Belter, you fly up and up like a July Fourth rocket, and bang! There you are, cinders, spread all over space. Them crackpot scientists, they don’t know nothin’, they kill you all off!”
4 I’d never considered, though I should have, that these crackpot prejudices of Bunny’s which I found so amusing were not remotely ironic but deadly serious.
5 So who is Becker? A far out crackpot or wild conspiracy theorist?
那么谁是贝克尔?一个极不寻常的疯子或狂野的阴谋论者?
6 To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers.
致我的身残的朋友们:快乐一天,记得去闻那花香!
7 Gallien wondered whether he’d picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies.
8 What ? ( laughs ) Don't worry about it, Li Hua . Everyone knows Professor Wilkins is a crackpot.
他是什么?你是说他吸毒吗?
9 I think of these things, and I begin to understand how women with more leverage in the world would be eager to explore friendlier-looking alternative options for their care, however crackpot they may be.
10 It’s a heartfelt, crackpot homage, with an independent creative vision.
11 [只用于名词前] crackpot ideas/theories
离奇古怪的想法 / 理论
12 Only a crackpot would undertake the task of becoming a man of knowledge of his own accord.
只有疯子才会心甘情愿地承担成为一个智者的责任。
13 Abbott’s medical practice collapsed because patients disliked his touchy disposition and crackpot sermons about ancient spear points.
14 These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptlylabeled a “crackpot”, traitor and worse.
在现在这个时代,任何人胆敢站起来对这个原理(“不代表,勿上税”)说不会立刻被打上“疯子”和“叛徒”的标签,以及面临更糟的待遇。
15 Some crackpot in a clown suit is out there directing traffic.
16 In general, the Third Reich embraced crackpot doctrines “that buttressed its racial, political, and ideological goals.”
17 The Brit iconoclast Chris Morris showed greater nerve last year with Four Lions, a comedy about a team of crackpot jihadists from Manchester.
18 These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptly labeled a "crackpot", traitor and worse.
这些日子来,只要有谁真正坚持这些原则,就会被迅速贴上疯子、叛徒或者更难听的标签。
19 John Oliver pushed an insane conspiracy theory on his show Sunday night, arguing that the sole purpose of Infowars was to sell crackpot nutraceuticals at exorbitant prices.
20 A crackpot, Graham thought.
疯子一个, 格雷厄姆暗想.
1 疯癫的
2 想入非非
3 蠢人
dip ass balloon idiot noodle jerk clown plank dummy donkey boob nana goon spud jackass clunk goop cluck dunce clod knucklehead divvy oaf langer dullard fathead cuddy dunderhead drongo fribble gowk bubblehead clodhopper goofus squarehead josser stupe omadhaun feather-brain clodpole mouth-breather a right one
4 想入非非的
5 傻瓜
horse's ass nut lemon fool ass turkey mug sap goose clot lug dummy dick dumbbell dope goon dipstick fucker booby jackass chump twit dickhead twerp nutter bozo clod charlie cretin nutcase pinhead dingbat divvy bonehead airhead oaf doofus dolt klutz nitwit blockhead dimwit ninny half-wit dullard fathead putz fuckwit dunderhead galah prat berk nit muggins numskull pillock birdbrain plonker thicko twirp peabrain silly billy
6 笨蛋
pea-brain stupid Turkey dummy meatball dumbbell dope moron joker mutt jackass wally spastic dickhead twerp bozo clod dumbo deadhead schmuck knucklehead arsehole oaf dolt schlemiel duffer nitwit dimwit ninny dullard nincompoop dunderhead halfwit blankety pillock clodhopper schnook thickie saphead peabrain blankety-blank
7 古怪
funny weird odd bizarre rum quirky peculiar eccentric queer whimsical wacky goofy flaky cranky weirdly oddball zany loony droll batty screwy off-the-wall wacko screwball daffy curiously funnily bizarrely eccentrically queerly oddity peculiarity weirdness eccentricity oddness whimsicality strange mad nutty warped freaky kooky off-centre outré oddly peculiarly crank original fantastic curious freak quaint fruity erratic comical offbeat weirdo kinky Hollywood unearthly ratty rummy quizzical antic fey spaced-out quare spacy kink bizarrerie stand on head crazy extraordinary buggy grotesque outlandish out-of-the-way outre odd-looking witchy squirrelly way-out whimmy vagarious batchy whimsically singularity gonzo whimsicalness funny peculiar
8 疯子
crazy nut lunatic maniac cuckoo loon zany loony dingbat ding-a-ling squirrel loco looney bedlamite madman insane crack frantic nutter fruitcake goofball bedlam headbanger headcase meshuggener meshugana crackbrain kook nutcase
9 疯癫
11 不切实际的
academic ideal romantic abstract unrealistic unreal impractical dreamy armchair unworkable quixotic starry-eyed spacey airy-fairy cock-eyed built on sand fancy airy extravagant utopian blue-sky visionary unfeasible unpractical Clayton's with head in the clouds laputan
12 古怪的
dotty freaky fruity funny rum screwy bizarre singular quirky peculiar eccentric queer whimsical ghostly cranky haywire kooky gonzo squirrelly dilly bizarro funny peculiar weird odd wacky goofy flaky oddball zany loony droll batty off-the-wall wacko screwball daffy strange mad nutty warped off-centre outré funnily crank original fantastic curious freak quaint erratic comical offbeat weirdo kinky Hollywood unearthly ratty rummy quizzical antic fey spaced-out quare spacy crazy extraordinary buggy grotesque outlandish out-of-the-way outre odd-looking witchy way-out whimmy vagarious batchy
13 疯狂的
dilly haywire crack-brained screwball mental crazy insane frantic nutty manic daft maniac frenetic kooky kook gonzo batty screwy barmy dippy squirrelly corybantic cuckoo crackers bonkers out of skull round the twist off chump round the bend off head
14 怪人
case card nut kook fish funny freak crank paradox oddity goon weirdo oddball nutter wack mentalist coot nutso ding-a-ling ratbag cot-case character original NUT curiosity eccentric loony dingbat odd specimen zany geezer fogy odd ball screw ball fruit cake screwball dweeb dag bogan headcase crotcheteer mattoid one guy toy cure caution zombie quiz gig flake squirrel originality hare erratic lunatic rummy codger gink zombi rara avis fruit bird screw personality crack queer spook hairpin dork fruitcake goofball spaz weirdy galoot Bandersnatch cueball CASE weirdie odd fish
15 不切实际
fancy unrealistic airy extravagant dreamy utopian unworkable quixotic blue-sky unrealistically airiness cock-eyed romantic visionary impractical unfeasible unpractical Clayton's armchair dream with head in the clouds ideal laputan unreality
16 疯狂
dilly haywire crack-brained screwball mental crazy insane frantic nutty manic daft maniac frenetic kooky kook gonzo batty screwy barmy dippy squirrelly corybantic madly dingbat distraction frenzy craze mania unreason cuckoo crackers bonkers out of skull round the twist off chump off nut go ape round the bend off head