craze

craze
noun
  1. an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which typically appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity
    对时尚的追逐;(一时的)狂热
    the new craze for step aerobics.
    跨步增氧健身法的新时尚。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. [usu. as adj. crazed]cause (someone) to be or appear to be wildly insane
    使(某人)发狂;使(某人)变得发疯似的
    a crazed killer.
    疯狂的杀手。
  2. (常作 be crazed)produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface)
    使(表面)布满细小的裂纹
    the loch was frozen over but crazed with cracks.
    湖面都结冰了,但布满了裂纹。
    ■[no obj.]develop such cracks
    开裂;产生裂纹
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'break, shatter, produce cracks'): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa 'crunch'
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