crackers

/ˈkrækəz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkrækərz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkra-kərz/ (ame, mw)

crackers — adjective

  • crackerspositive
  • more crackerscomparative
  • most crackerssuperlative

1. behaving in a very strange, confused, or unreasonable way, as if you have lost t

1.形容詞B2
釋義

behaving in a very strange, confused, or unreasonable way, as if you have lost the ability to think clearly

例句

Grandpa has gone completely crackers — he wants to cycle across Europe at age seventy.

go completely crackers (common intensifier)

Painting the front door bright purple makes us look crackers to our neighbours.

同義詞
  • crazy

    more general and widely used across all varieties of English; less informal

  • bonkers

    also British informal, but sounds more playful and humorous

  • nuts

    similar register, used in both American and British English; can imply anger

  • mad

    in British English means either angry or mentally unwell; in American English mainly means angry

反義詞
  • sane

    the opposite in terms of mental soundness; formal register

  • sensible

    opposite in terms of showing good judgment

文法句型

be + crackers

go + crackers

act + crackers

drive someone + crackers

用法筆記

Typically used predicatively after verbs such as 'be', 'go', or 'act', rather than directly before a noun. For example, 'He is crackers' is natural, but 'a crackers idea' is very unusual.

常見錯誤

❌She is a crackers person.
✅She is crackers.
💡'crackers' is not typically used before a noun in attributive position.
❌After the accident he acted cracker.
✅After the accident he acted crackers.
💡the word always keeps the -s ending regardless of the subject's number or gender.