mid-14c., "delirium, insanity," from Old French frenesie "frenzy, madness" (13c.), from Medieval Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis, back-formation from Latin phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic). Meaning "excited state of mind" is from c. 1400.
frenzy (v.)
1795, from frenzy (n.). Related: Frenzied; frenzying.
权威例句
1. I worked myself into frenzy plotting ways to make him jealous.
我绞尽脑汁,处心积虑,就是为了让他嫉妒。
2. "Get out!" she ordered in a frenzy.
“滚出去!”她狂怒地命令道。
3. The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.
这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂.
4. In a frenzy of hate he killed his enemy.
他在一阵痛恨之下杀死了他的敌人.
5. Joe McCarthy whipped up Americans into a frenzy of anti-Communist activity in the Fifties.