demented
adjective /dɪˈmentɪd/
/dɪˈmentɪd/
- (especially British English) behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried
极度焦躁不安的;忧虑失常的;发狂的 - I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
我一直为你担心,都快发疯了。 - The children have driven me demented today.
孩子们今天把我逼疯了。 - He was crashing about the house like a demented animal.
他像一只发狂的动物一样在房子里乱撞。
- I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
- (old-fashioned or medical
) suffering from dementia医学 Topics Illnessc2痴呆的;发狂的
词源mid 17th cent.: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.