craze (for something) an enthusiastic interest in something that is shared by many people but that usually does not last very long; a thing that people have a craze for （通常为一时的）狂热，疯狂；风行一时的东西synonym fad- the latest fitness craze to sweep the country最近风靡全国的健身热
Extra Examples- Doctors warned of the latest drug craze to sweep America.医生提醒大家注意最近风靡美国的吸毒之风。
- Is this interest in health foods just a passing craze?这股健康食品热是否只能持续一时？
- It's the latest craze to hit San Francisco.那是将影响旧金山的最新流行时尚。
- The princess started a craze for huge earrings.这位公主引发了戴巨型耳环的时尚。
- the craze for fashionable sports clothing对时髦运动服的狂热
- the latest craze among children儿童的最新时尚
- I don't understand this craze for collecting labels.这种收集标签的狂热我无法理解。
- Pet pigs are the latest craze.最近兴起养宠物猪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + crazecraze + verb- sweep something
- sweep through something
- hit something
- …
prepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘break, produce cracks’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish krasa ‘crunch’.