a very unusual and unexpected event or situation 不正常和出乎意料的事情,蹊跷的事情 the teacher says the accident was a total freak. 老师说这次事故十分蹊跷。 [as modifier]a freak storm. 一场奇怪的暴风雨。 ■(亦作 freak of nature)a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality 畸形的人(或动物、植物),变种;怪物 ■(informal)a person regarded as strange because of their unusual appearance or behaviour (非正式)(外貌或行为异常的)怪人 ■[with modifier](informal)a person who is obsessed with or unusually enthusiastic about a specified interest (非正式)狂热的爱好者,…迷,…狂 a fitness freak. 健身迷。 ■[usu. with modifier](informal)a person addicted to a drug of a particular kind (非正式)吸毒上瘾者,(吸食某种毒品的)瘾君子 the twins were cocaine freaks. 这对双胞胎都是吸食可卡因的瘾君子。
(archaic)a sudden arbitrary change of mind; a whim (古)主意突变;突发的怪念头 follow this way or that, as the freak takes you. 走这条路或是那条路,你尽可随心所欲。
verb
[no obj.](informal)react or behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion, mental illness, or drugs (非正式)(尤指受偏激情绪、精神病或毒品的影响)表现得异常激动;恣意妄为;失去理性地行动 I could have freaked out and started smashing the place up. 我当时简直想要不顾一切地大闹一场,把那地方砸个稀巴烂。 ■[with obj.]cause to act in such a way 使表现狂妄;使放浪;使失去理智 it really freaks me to think that people have travelled from all over Britain to see this. 想到人们从英国全国各地赶来看这东西,我真的要兴奋得发狂了。
[with obj.](archaic)fleck or streak randomly (古)使有不规则的斑点(或斑纹) the white pink and the pansy freaked with jet. 点缀有炭黑色斑点的白色石竹花和三色堇。
语源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 4): probably from a dialect word