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

• Everyone knows Professor Wilkins is a crackpot.
  大家都知道教授是个怪人。
• That crackpot thinks his neighbors are aliens.
  那位疯子认为他的邻居是外星人。
• But in his time, a lot of people thought that Christopher Columbus was a crackpot.
  可是哥伦布的情况就不一样了。当时人们认为他很怪，有神经病，因为他说航行可以围绕地球转，但是事实证明他是对的，所以他是聪明，不能算是crackpot。
• They called him a crackpot.
  他们呼他为狂徒。
• 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。
• 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。
• Every crackpot in the world writes to him.
  世界上的每个怪人都给他写信。
• 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。
• He was prone to dismiss himself as "that well-known crackpot".
  他常自嘲为“那个著名的怪人”。
• 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。