- Mania is an extreme interest, desire, or craze. If you dye your dog's fur to match the colors of your favorite football team, you might be suffering from sportsmania.
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- n. 狂热；热衷
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1. He had a mania for fast cars.
他是个飞车狂。
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2. Football mania is sweeping the country.
足球热正风靡全国。
- mania (n.) late 14c., "mental derangement characterized by excitement and delusion," from Late Latin mania "insanity, madness," from Greek mania "madness, frenzy; enthusiasm, inspired frenzy; mad passion, fury," related to mainesthai "to rage, go mad," mantis "seer," menos "passion, spirit," all from PIE *mnyo-, suffixed form of root *men- (1) "to think," with derivatives referring to qualities and states of mind or thought.
mania / ˈmeɪniə ; NAmE ˈmeɪniə / noun 1 [countable , usually singular , uncountable ] mania(for sth/for doing sth) an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time （通常指许多人共有的）强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情 SYN craze ◆ He had a mania for fast cars. 他是个飞车狂。 ◆ Football mania is sweeping the country. 足球热正风靡全国。 2 [uncountable ] ( psychology 心 ) a mental illness in which sb has an obsessionabout sth that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused 躁狂症 mania manias mania / ˈmeɪniə ; NAmE ˈmeɪniə /
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