demented
美音:
[dı´mentıd
]英音:
[dı´mentıd
]adj.失去本性的,发狂的,精神错乱的
难易程度:
demented为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:dementedness 副词:dementedly
词根
ment=to think(想),mind(心智)
近义词, 同义词
demented
/dɪ'mentɪd; dɪ`mɛntɪd/
adj
(a) mad 疯狂的
*a poor, demented creature 可怜的疯子.
(b) (fig infml 比喻, 口) agitated because of worry, anger, etc (因忧虑、愤怒等)焦躁不安的
*When her child was two hours late, she became quite demented. 她孩子晚了两个小时, 她心急如焚.
demented
adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: dement 'to drive mad' (16-19 centuries), from Latin mens 'mind']
crazy or behaving in a very strange way
She was almost demented with grief.
old-fashioned suffering from dementia