neurotic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who has a neurosis.
  2. A crazy person. informal
    — DYSART: ...Advanced neurotics can be dazzling at that game. They aim unswervingly at your area of maximum vulnerability...
形容词 adj.
  1. Affected with a neurosis. not-comparable
    — If there were such a thing as inspiration from a higher realm, it might well be that the neurotic temperament would furnish the chief condition of the requisite receptivity.
  2. Overly anxious. informal,not-comparable
    — He is getting neurotic about time-keeping.
  3. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. not-comparable

词形变化

neurotics plural

词汇关系

近义词
jitterbug nervous wreck obsessive worrywart
衍生词
angioneurotic antineurotic cardioneurotic hyperneurotic neurotically neuroticism neuroticization neuroticize nonneurotic postneurotic psychoneurotic trophoneurotic unneurotic

词源

词源 1
Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
词源 2
Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
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