frantic的意思|frantic的解释-里氏词典

frantic ['fræntɪk]

a. 狂乱的, 疯狂的

She was frantic with worry.
她愁得要命。
The child's parents were frantic when she did not return home on time.
那孩子没有按时回家，她父母都要急疯了。
That noise is driving me frantic.
那种噪音真要把我弄疯了。

frantic

[ adj ]

excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

<adj.all>

frantic with anger and frustration

frenetic screams followed the accident

a frenzied look in his eye

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

<adj.all>

a crowd of delirious baseball fans

something frantic in their gaiety

a mad whirl of pleasure

Frantic \Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L.
phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See {Frenzy}, and cf. {Frenetic},
{Phrenetic}.]
Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly;
distracted.

Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.

Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay.
-- {Fran"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fran"tic*ly}, adv. --Shak. --
{Fran"tic*ness}, n. --Johnson.

As mid-day temperatures soared, the cat's cries grew weaker as frantic passersby gathered around the car and searched for the car's owner.
Even if you are frantic, appear super-languid.
After six years of frantic upheaval on my new site, I now see that nature has quickly diagnosed one of my great blind spots.
They trust us to do the screening." Take a long-range perspective on America, as most highly successful investors do, and you might develop not just a less frantic view of the future but a fatter wallet too.
With their large, frantic eyes and tense tallness, Jeff Goldblum and Julie Hagerty are perfectly cast as Bruce and Prudence, neurotics in search of mates.
He is closer to God." The crowd sang hymns and chanted cheers as they awaited the pontiff, but turned frantic when John Paul's approach was broadcast play-by-play over loudspeakers.
The last months of frantic maneuvering left the Kroh Brothers books almost hopelessly snarled, evidence of a complete management breakdown.
FBI agents posing as traders wore hidden tape recorders to document alleged wrongdoing in the crowded, frantic trading pits.
For example, he believes that Alexander Haig's frantic shuttle diplomacy at the start of the Falkland Islands crisis may have backfired by convincing the Argentine generals that America's equivocations would dissuade Britain from going to war.
There were frantic efforts to rescue him, culminating when a nearby Boy Scout troop formed a human chain and methodically combed through the water.
He described the ordeal as "extremely fast _ frantic," and said he felt no pain during the 15 minutes it took the plane to land.
Wildlife biologists blasted gas-powered cannons to frighten birds from nesting marshes where a 175,000-gallon oil spill has killed at least 130 birds, as a frantic cleanup continued under threat of rain.
David Rothenberg is terrified, his mother is frantic and prison officials are uneasy.
Throughout there is a sense of loss of control, a frantic pace. Everything is just out of wack.
The giant auto maker, through its frantic efforts to move merchandise by offering big rebates and other discounts, has forced domestic and foreign companies to discount their wares, too, hurting profits.
The venture lasted for 48 weeks of 1986, and it was frantic, fun and educational.
When the Duke of Newcastle, who was also the Earl of Lincoln, died last Christmas, historians began a frantic search for the new earl.
The hope of marble sustains them in their frantic anonymity.
This Tennessee Williams play is so awful that even Elizabeth Ashley, acting at a full gallop, and Amanda Plummer, somewhat less frantic, cannot save it.
They are entering a field in which they can become extremely rich and famous though the odds are greater that they will become frantic and discouraged.
And despite the years, Wolf said he's confident that on the tour he can live up to the frantic stage persona he had with J. Geils.
But they will not be "frantic" about it, Secreary of State James A. Baker III said this week.
Fuel prices also leaped in frantic futures trading.
Contacts should help: he knows well Peter Gummer, who chairs the Arts Council's Lottery division. But to be certain of Lottery support against frantic opposition, Woodward knows he must make a strong case for the ENO.
Later, Filipinos watched the footage of their president laughing spliced amid horrifying scenes of crushed victims, frantic survivors and shattered buildings.
Under a later theory, Shapiro's team failed in a frantic effort starting late Wednesday to revise the report to reflect the settlement in time for Thursday's hearing.
Abortive meetings to vote on the leadership Friday were followed by a weekend of frantic telephone calls and meetings by both sides to woo support.
But as frantic passengers clawed their way out escape doors, searing fire and smoke swept through the cabin, trapping many inside.
Investment bankers representing the buy-out group and UAL's board spent a frantic weekend trying to hammer out new terms that would be more acceptable to the banks.
The frantic pursuit of yoof on BBC2 and other parts of television is becoming pathetic (7.30). At 8.00 on ITV, Inspector Morse fans are promised further personal details about the beer-swilling detective with the old motor.

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