doolally

英式音标doolally怎么读

美式音标doolally怎么读

doolally词义

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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。


doolally双语例句

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1. The poor chap's gone doolally.
这可怜的小伙子疯了。

来自《权威词典》

doolally英文词源

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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.

doolally实用场景例句

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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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》