frenzy

英 ['frenzɪ]美 ['frɛnzi]
  • n. 狂暴；狂怒；暴怒
  • vt. 使发狂；使狂怒
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frantic狂乱的。
frenetic狂乱的。
frenzied狂乱的。

1. schizophrenia(精神分裂症) => phren- "mind, reason" => fren- / frenet- / frent- / frant- "mind, reason" => frenzy, frenetic, frantic.

中文词源

frenzy 狂暴

来自frenetic, 狂乱的。

英文词源

frenzy
frenzy: see frantic
frenzy (n.)
mid-14c., "delirium, insanity," from Old French frenesie "frenzy, madness" (13c.), from Medieval Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis, back-formation from Latin phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic). Meaning "excited state of mind" is from c. 1400.
frenzy (v.)
1795, from frenzy (n.). Related: Frenzied; frenzying.