freak
noun /friːk/
/friːk/
- (informal) a person with a very strong interest in a particular subject
狂热爱好者 - a health/fitness/jazz, etc. freak
对健康、健身、爵士乐等着迷的人
- He's a real fitness freak— he goes to the gym every single day.
他是个十足的健身狂,天天都去健身房。 - For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.
对于那些玩命追求极速的车迷,有种2 升、燃料喷射的车型。 - I'm such a neat freak that I clean up after other people.
我是个有洁癖的人,其他人一走我就要彻底打扫。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- computer
- fitness
- health
- …
- a bit of a freak
- a health/fitness/jazz, etc. freak
- (disapproving) a person who is considered to be unusual because of the way they behave, look or think
(行为、外表、想法)怪异的人;怪人 - She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.
她因为不要孩子而被当作怪人。 - He's going out with a real freak.
他和一个真正的怪人在谈恋爱。
- I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.
穿着奇装异服,我觉得自己有点像个怪物。 - Other students regarded him as a freak.
其他学生把他当成怪物。 - What kind of sick freak is this guy?
这家伙是个什么样的变态之人?
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- sick
- feel like
- regard somebody as
- see somebody as
- …
- a bit of a freak
- She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.
- (also freak of nature)(sometimes offensive) a person, an animal, a plant or a thing that is not physically normal
(指人、动植物和东西)畸形 - This butterfly is a freak of nature, black and white instead of blue.
这只蝴蝶畸形,黑白相间,而不是蓝色。 - In the past freaks were shown at fairs.
过去,怪胎会在集市上出现。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- sick
- feel like
- regard somebody as
- see somebody as
- …
- a bit of a freak
- This butterfly is a freak of nature, black and white instead of blue.
- a very unusual and unexpected event
怪异的事;不寻常的事 - By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury.
由于命运之神的奇特安排,他们全都死里逃生,毫发未损。 - This was no more than a freak of history.
这只不过是历史上的一件怪事罢了。
Collocations Dictionarypreposition- freak of
- a freak of nature
- By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury.
词源mid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.