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

• 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。
• He was prone to dismiss himself as "that well-known crackpot".
  他常自嘲为“那个著名的怪人”。
• A crackpot, Graham thought.
  疯子一个，格雷厄姆暗想。
• 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。
• 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。
• They called him a crackpot.
  他们呼他为狂徒。
• N Faces of the Crackpot Club
  怪人俱乐部的N张脸谱
• But they were also the crackpot idealist, even the blind overly self-assured person.
  但他们是过于空幻的理想主义者，甚至是带着眼罩的自以为是者。
• Every crackpot in the world writes to him.
  世界上的每个怪人都给他写信。