wacky
英 [ˈwæk.i]
美 [ˈwæk.i]
1. thwack => whack.
2. 同源拟声词:thwack, whack, whang.
3. whack => whacky => wacky (from the notion of being whacked on the head one too many times; a person who behaves as if he had been whacked on the head).
4. wacky => wack (back-formation from wacky).
5. 韩国电影:《痞子老师》:《Mr. Wacky》.
6. 日本动画片:《古怪赛车》:《Wacky Races》.
7. 国外儿童书籍:Wacky Wednesday 苏斯博士:古怪的星期三.
8. wacky → wack(n.怪人)+y → 古怪的. wack音“歪客” → 怪人
wacky 古怪的,疯癫的来自whacky变体,击,打,引申义被打傻的。比较dingbat.
- wacky (adj.)
- "crazy, eccentric," 1935, variant of whacky (n.) "fool," late 1800s British slang, probably ultimately from whack "a blow, stroke," from the notion of being whacked on the head one too many times.
- 1. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists.
- 太空科学家想法古怪是不足为奇的。
- 2. Some of his friends are pretty wild and wacky characters.
- 他的一些朋友是那种放荡不羁又怪里怪气的人。
- 3. Have you been using that wacky paste stuff that made me see my sister get eaten?
- 你用了那个让我看到我妹妹被吃掉的奇怪的糨糊 吗 ?
- 4. What was I thinking of, picking a wacky subject like cryonics?
- 我当初到底是怎么想的 —— 竟然挑了一个人体冷冻术这样的古怪话题?
- 5. Many Norwegians consider the idea wacky, according to media reports.
- 据媒体报导,许多挪威人认为这个想法十分怪异.