frantic

英 ['fr?nt?k] 美['fr?nt?k]

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副詞:?frantically;

frantic狂亂的。
frenetic狂亂的。
frenzied狂亂的。
2. frenetic => frantic.

frantic 忙亂的

來(lái)自frenetic的拼寫變體，發(fā)狂的。

frantic: frantic: [14] Frantic comes via Old French frenetique and Latin phreneticus from late Greek phrenētikús, a derivative of phrenítis ‘delirium’. This in turn was based on Greek phrén ‘mind’ (source also of English phrenology ‘study of cranial bumps to determine intelligence, character, etc’ [19]). The Old French form split into two virtually distinct words once English got hold of it: in one, the French three-syllable form was preserved, and even partially remodelled on its Latin ancestor, to give what has become modern English phrenetic, while in the other it was reduced to frentik which, for reasons that have never been satisfactorily explained, subsequently became frantic.

The related noun frenzy [14] retains the original vowel.
=> frenzy, phrenology
frantic (adj.): mid-14c., "insane," unexplained variant of Middle English frentik (see frenetic). Compare franzy, dialectal form of frenzy. Transferred meaning "affected by wild excitement" is from late 15c. Of the adverbial forms, frantically (1749) is later than franticly (1540s).

1. A busy night in the restaurant can be frantic in the kitchen.: 餐館晚上生意好，廚房里可能會(huì)忙成一片。

2. She watched the frantic flow of cars and buses along the street.: 她注視著街上小汽車和巴士匯成的滾滾車流。

3. The vast crowds make Rome a frantic hothouse at times.: 熙攘的人群有時(shí)將羅馬變成一個(gè)癲狂情緒的爆發(fā)地。