doolally
[du:'læli]
- adj. 疯狂的；神经错乱的
中文词源
doolally 发疯
来自印度地名Deolali, 19世纪孟买附近的一个小村庄，英国士兵出入印度的中转站，通常到这个地方的士兵都会有一种发疯的冲动，正如人们对印度的评价爱之如天堂，恨之如地狱。
英文词源
- doolally (adj.)
- "insane, eccentric," British slang, by 1917 in the armed services and in full doolally tap (with Urdu word for "fever"), from Deolali, near Bombay, India, which was a military camp (established 1861) with a large barracks and a chief staging point for British troops on their way to or from India; the reference is to men whose enlistments had expired who waited there impatiently for transport home.
实用场景例句
- The poor chap's gone doolally.
- 这可怜的小伙子疯了。
牛津词典
- The poor chap's gone doolally.
- 这可怜的小伙子疯了。
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