freak

freak
noun
  1. 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。
  2. (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
  1. [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。
  2. [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
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 4): probably from a dialect word
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