freak

noun
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  1. (informal) a person with a very strong interest in a particular subject狂热爱好者
    • a health/fitness/jazz, etc. freak对健康、健身、爵士乐等着迷的人
    see also control freak
    Extra Examples
    • He's a real fitness freak— he goes to the gym every single day.他是个十足的健身狂,天天都去健身房。
    • For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.对于那些玩命追求极速的车迷,有种2 升、燃料喷射的车型。
    • I'm such a neat freak that I clean up after other people.我是个有洁癖的人,其他人一走我就要彻底打扫。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computer
    • fitness
    • health
    phrases
    • a bit of a freak
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  2. (disapproving) a person who is considered to be unusual because of the way they behave, look or think(行为、外表、想法)怪异的人;怪人
    • She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.她因为不要孩子而被当作怪人。🔊🔊
    • He's going out with a real freak.他和一个真正的怪人在谈恋爱。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.穿着奇装异服,我觉得自己有点像个怪物。
    • Other students regarded him as a freak.其他学生把他当成怪物。
    • What kind of sick freak is this guy?这家伙是个什么样的变态之人?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • total
    • sick
    verb + freak
    • feel like
    • regard somebody as
    • see somebody as
    phrases
    • a bit of a freak
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  3. (also freak of nature)
    (sometimes offensive) a person, an animal, a plant or a thing that is not physically normal(指人、动植物和东西)畸形
    • This butterfly is a freak of nature, black and white instead of blue.这只蝴蝶畸形,黑白相间,而不是蓝色。
    • In the past freaks were shown at fairs.过去,怪胎都是在博览会上展示的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • total
    • sick
    verb + freak
    • feel like
    • regard somebody as
    • see somebody as
    phrases
    • a bit of a freak
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  4. a very unusual and unexpected event怪异的事;不寻常的事
    • By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury.由于命运之神的奇特安排,他们全都死里逃生,毫发未损。🔊🔊
    • This was no more than a freak of history.这只不过是历史上的一件怪事罢了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition
    • freak of
    phrases
    • a freak of nature
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  5. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.

freak

adjective
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  1. (of an event or the weather事情或天气) very unusual and unexpected不正常的;怪异的
    • a freak accident/storm/occurrence反常的事故/暴风雨/事件
    • freak weather conditions反常的天气状况
    • The manager described the 8–0 defeat as a freak result.主教练形容0 比8 败北是怪诞的结果。
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.

freak

verb
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[intransitive, transitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they freak
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he / she / it freaks
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past simple freaked
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past participle freaked
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-ing form freaking
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  1. if somebody freaks or if something freaks them, they react very strongly to something that makes them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened, etc.(使)强烈反应,震惊,畏惧
    • freak (out) My parents really freaked when they saw my hair.我父母看见我的头发时大惊失色。🔊🔊
    • freak somebody (out) Snakes really freak me out.我一看见蛇便浑身发麻。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.