crackpot

英 [ˈkrækpɒt]

美 [ˈkrækpɑːt]

n.  有古怪想法的人; 怪人
adj.  古怪的，离奇的; 不切实际的

复数：crackpots　

BNC.34005 / COCA.22984

牛津词典

noun

• 有古怪想法的人；怪人
  a person with strange or crazy ideas

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (某人或其想法)古怪的，离奇的，不切实际的
  If you describe someone or their ideas ascrackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
  1. ...a crackpot millionaire.
     性格古怪的百万富翁
  2. ...crackpot schemes.
     不切实际的计划
  3. Acrackpotis a crackpot person.
     怪人;有古怪想法的人
  4. She was no more a crackpot than the rest of us.
     她和我们一样正常。

英英释义

noun

• a whimsically eccentric person
  Synonym:cranknutnut casefruitcakescrewball

双语例句

• They called him a crackpot.
  他们呼他为狂徒。
• Until recently, Kaufman was rather a lonely voice calling for equity market reform; indeed many powerful financial participants regarded him as something of a crackpot.
  直到最近，考夫曼在呼吁股市改革方面一直是孤掌难鸣；实际上，许多有实权的金融参与者都视其为疯子。
• Every crackpot in the world is calling.
  世界上每一个疯子都在打电话。
• To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers, on your side of the path.
  所有身上有裂纹的朋友，祝你们天天快乐，每天不要忘记去闻闻你身边的花香。
• Just a year ago, anyone suggesting that war could break out between China and Japan would have been dismissed as a crackpot.
  一年前要是有人说中日之间可能爆发战争，这个人肯定会被当成疯子。
• A crackpot, Graham thought.
  疯子一个，格雷厄姆暗想。
• As operating devices, perpetual-motion machines are the province of crackpot science and science fiction.
  作为工作装置来看，永动机属于科学空想和科学上的杜撰。
• That crackpot thinks his neighbors are aliens.
  那位疯子认为他的邻居是外星人。
• Only a crackpot would undertake the task of becoming a man of knowledge of his own accord.
  只有疯子才会心甘情愿地承担成为一个智者的责任。
• He could tell you a hundred different schemes, all of them crackpot, and all of them had been tried in the Shank at one time or another.
  他可以告诉你一百种不同的越狱方法，每一种都很疯狂，而且肖申克的犯人都尝试过。