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.]
[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。
(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
late Middle English (in the sense 'break, shatter, produce cracks'): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa 'crunch'