词汇 | stir-crazy |
释义 | Idiom stir-crazy mainly American, informal upset and nervous because you have been in one place for too long.It's no wonder she's going stir-crazy, shut in that tiny house all day with three young children. stir-crazy adjective deranged by incarceration US, 1908stir-crazyAcutely anxious, restless, irritable, irrational, and/or depressed from remaining for too long in an unstimulating, confined, and/or isolated environment. "Stir" in this usage is a slang word for prison. We thought taking our family vacation in a tiny cottage out in the country would be a nice break from city life, but we all went a bit stir-crazy after a few days. The doctor said I need to remain in bed as much as possible, but I'll go stir-crazy if I can't get out of the house at least once a day. *stir-crazycrazy from being confined. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; go ~; get ~; make someone ~. stir is a slang word for prison.) I am going to go stir-crazy if I don't get out of this office. stir crazy mod. anxious and mentally disturbed from being confined, as in prison. (see also stir.) I was going stir crazy in my little room, so I moved to a bigger place. |
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