Word · Frequency #24036
nutter
疯子;怪人
a person regarded as eccentric or mad
- 1.
A person who gathers nuts.
采坚果的人
采坚果的人;疯子;拾坚果的人
In use
That old man who talks to pigeons is a bit of a nutter.
My neighbor is a nutter; he wears swimming goggles to the supermarket.
There were a few nutters at the meeting who believed the earth is flat.
be a nutter
nutter 为英式非正式用词,指行为怪异或疯狂的人,略带调侃或轻微贬义;复数形式是 nutters。
Don't listen to him; he's a nutter.
别听他的,他是个疯子。
a bit of a nutter
a bit of a nutter 语气比直接说 nutter 更缓和,表示“有点古怪/疯癫”。
My uncle is a bit of a nutter.
我叔叔有点疯疯癫癫的。
like a nutter
like a nutter 常用来修饰动作,意思是“发疯似地、拼命地”。
She drives like a nutter.
她开车像个疯子。
Common mistakes
He is nutter.He is a nutter.
nutter 是可数名词单数,作表语指人时前面必须有冠词 a/an;汉语没有冠词,容易漏掉。加上 a 才能构成正确的名词短语。
That's a nutter idea.That's a nutty idea.
nutter 是名词(疯子),不能作定语修饰名词;表示“疯狂的、古怪的”应该用形容词 nutty。
Connections
Collocations
- complete nutter
- 十足的疯子
- The man next door is a complete nutter.隔壁那个男人是个十足的疯子。
- absolute nutter
- 彻头彻尾的疯子
- Only an absolute nutter would try to cross that river in a storm.只有彻头彻尾的疯子才会想在暴风雨中横渡那条河。
- a bit of a nutter
- 有点疯疯癫癫的人
- He's a bit of a nutter, but he's good company.他有点疯疯癫癫的,但他是个不错的伙伴。
- dangerous nutter
- 危险的疯子
- The police are looking for a dangerous nutter who escaped from the hospital.警方正在搜捕一名从医院逃走的危险疯子。
Pop culture & quotes
- And the nutter, he's a peeping tom
- (Blur乐队歌曲《Parklife》中的歌词)那个疯子是个偷窥狂。My neighbour's a bit of a nutter — he always talks to his plants.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 nutter 拆成 nut(坚果)+ -er:坚果滚来滚去没规律,就像行为古怪的疯子。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:英式非正式对话、日常口语 nutter 是英式非正式用词,通常指行为古怪或疯狂的人,多用于口语,常带贬义或玩笑语气;正式写作中不宜使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上各词的重读元音及后续辅音均为 /ʌtə/,与 nutter 的 /ˈnʌtə/ 押韵(英式读音)。注意拼写相似的 nut /nʌt/(坚果)和 better /ˈbɛtə/、letter /ˈlɛtə/ 发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.