Mad

(n.) A slattern.

(n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.

(-) p. p. of Made.

(superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.

(superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.

(superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

(superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.

(superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

(superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

(superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

(v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.

(v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.

(n.) An earthworm.

凯西整理

• I know better, Fred Beauclerc would answer, and yet I am fool enough to love a woman who is going mad for another man. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Hadn't you better say she's mad enough to be an ugly girl and only a servant? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Was it mad with mommer for getting its supper so late? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Quite mad, I assented; as mad as a March hare. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I ain't mad; I'm sensible,' rejoined the fat boy, beginning to cry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You are mad, Mr. Holmes--you are mad! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Am I mad to build the hopes I do on those dear words? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The German chemist produced an artificially made product, which took the place of the madder dye, and was sold at $1. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Prior to 1869 the red alizarine dye was of plant origin, being obtained from madder root, and it cost $2 a pound. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Up to that time, dyes were few in number and were extracted solely from plants, principally from the indigo and madder plants. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The suddenness of an orphan's rise in the market was not to be paralleled by the maddest records of the Stock Exchange. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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