hare.brained
harebrained的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˈhɛərˈbreind]
KK音标发音: [ˈhɛrˈbrend]
harebrained的词性:
adj.(形容词)
1. Foolish; flighty:
愚蠢的;轻浮的:
a harebrained scheme.
一项愚蠢的计划
harebrained的用法:
2. The first part of the compound harebrained is often misspelled hair in the belief that the meaning of the word is “with a hair-sized brain” rather than “with no more sense than a hare.” Though hairbrained has a long history, this spelling is not established usage.
复合词harebrained 的前半部分常被错拼为 hair , 因为人们认为该词的含义更接近于“没什么头脑的”而不是“象野兔一样愚蠢的”。 虽然后一种写法hairbrained 的产生已经有一段很长的历史, 但这种写法仍不是公认的用法