late 15c., "delirious, frenzied," present participle adjective from rave (v.); sense of "remarkable, fit to excite admiration" is from 1841, hence slang superlative use.
雙語例句
1. Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic.
馬爾科姆看著她好像在看一個精神錯亂的瘋子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I'm afraid Jean-Paul has gone raving mad.
恐怕讓-保羅已經完全失去理智了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The man's a raving lunatic.
那個男子是個語無倫次的瘋子。
來自《權威詞典》
4. You are either a total genius or else you must be absolutely raving mad.
你要么是個不折不扣的天才,要么就是完全瘋了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers.