单词详解 | wacko

wacko
音标
美音:/ˈwækoʊ/,英音:/ˈwækəʊ/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Carlson wrote that Trump and the Reform Party reflected the fact “that ideology as a force in national elections is dead,” before correcting himself to say, “They’re just a bunch of wackos.”
卡尔森写道,特朗普和改革党反映了这样一个事实:“意识形态作为全国选举的一股力量已经消亡”,然后纠正自己说,“他们只是一群疯子。”
Washington Post

“I wanted to get to a point where when I was elderly, I would be healthy and a wacko, and I’m pretty much there already.”
“我希望当我老了的时候,我能变得健康、疯狂,而我已经差不多做到了。”
New York Times

Trump remains utterly undisciplined as a campaigner, dallying with wacko online groups and chomping at whatever other gnats fly by.
作为一名竞选活动家,特朗普仍然完全不守纪律,与疯狂的在线团体嬉戏,并啃咬飞过的任何其他昆虫。
Fox News

基本释意
noun
a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
adj. 古怪的;发疯的

同义词
nutter,whacko

短释义
You’ll often hear someone use the word wacko as a way of dismissing people whose opinions or lifestyle they don’t understand or agree with. If your cranky uncle complains about the wackos in town, then he’s probably talking about a group of people he doesn’t like very well. This informal noun first appeared around 1938, from wacky.
将某人描述为怪人是一种贬义的方式,表示他们古怪或古怪。人们可能会很想把用皮带牵着宠物孔雀散步的邻居称为“疯子”,但这不太好。

长释义
You’ll often hear someone use the word wacko as a way of dismissing people whose opinions or lifestyle they don’t understand or agree with. If your cranky uncle complains about the wackos in town, then he’s probably talking about a group of people he doesn’t like very well. This informal noun first appeared around 1938, from wacky.
你经常会听到有人用“wacko”这个词来贬低那些他们不理解或不同意的观点或生活方式的人。如果你脾气暴躁的叔叔抱怨镇上的疯子,那么他可能是在谈论一群他不太喜欢的人。这个非正式名词首次出现于 1938 年左右,源自 wacky。

文学例句
He added: “They turned out to be some really first-grade wackos.”
他补充道:“结果证明他们是一些真正一流的疯子。”
Bob Rafelson, Director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ Dies at 89 by Dennis Lim

People think I’m a little wacko, but I believe plants are like people.
人们认为我有点古怪,但我相信植物就像人一样。
This tiny, quirky garden is an endearing remnant of old Palm Springs by Jeanette Marantos

If you ask any American what they most afraid of, chances you’ll get some kind of wacko answer like “dying in an airplane crash” or “being struck by lightning.”
如果你问任何美国人他们最害怕什么,你很可能会得到某种古怪的答案,比如“死于飞机失事”或“被闪电击中”。
AMERICA SURVIVES with Joanna Rothkopf pt. 5: You are scared of the wrong things by Joanna Rothkopf

词源
wacko (n.)extended form of wack, by 1971.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
wacko (n.)wack 的扩展形式,到 1971 年为止。相关条目及更多


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