psycho
psycho — 名詞
1. an offensive, informal way to refer to someone you believe is crazy, frightening
瘋子
對行為瘋狂或危險的人的侮辱性稱呼
an offensive, informal way to refer to someone you believe is crazy, frightening, or dangerous in the way they act or think — often used as an insult to put someone down.
Trang called her ex-boyfriend a psycho after he smashed her car window.
Trang 的前男友砸了她的車窗之後，她罵他是個瘋子。
often used as an insult after threatening behaviour
A security guard warned us the man was a psycho with a violent past.
一名警衛警告我們，那個男人有暴力前科，是個瘋子。
labelling someone as dangerous or violent
You should not call someone a psycho just because they behave differently from you.
你不應該只因為別人和你表現不同，就叫人家瘋子。
Tabloids often call criminals psychos, but this adds to the stigma around mental illness.
八卦媒體常把罪犯稱為瘋子，但這只會加深人們對心理疾病的污名化。
Zola's roommate warned her: 'The guy in 3B is a psycho — stay away from him.'
Zola 的室友警告她：「3B 那個傢伙是瘋子——離他遠一點。」
- lunatic
also very offensive; old-fashioned term for someone mentally ill
- maniac
similar force; often suggests wild, uncontrolled behaviour
- nutcase
informal, offensive; milder than psycho but still insulting
- psychopath
more clinical but still offensive when used as an insult for anyone unpleasant
文法句型
psycho (countable noun)
call + someone + a psycho
be + a psycho
用法筆記
This word is highly offensive and often used as a slur against people with mental health conditions. Avoid using it. In formal writing, use terms like 'person with a mental illness' or 'someone experiencing psychosis' instead.
常見錯誤
psycho — 形容詞
1. (informal, offensive) extremely crazy, frightening, or potentially violent — use
發瘋的
形容行為極度瘋狂、嚇人或暴力
(informal, offensive) extremely crazy, frightening, or potentially violent — used to describe a person, their behaviour, or a situation that feels dangerously out of control.
Heloísa's brother went psycho when he found out someone had stolen his bike.
Heloísa 的哥哥發現有人偷了他的腳踏車，氣到發瘋。
common collocation: go + psycho (become violently angry)
There was a psycho driver on the highway who kept swerving between the lanes.
高速公路有個發瘋的駕駛一直在車道間鑽來鑽去。
attributive use: psycho + noun
The horror film was about a landlord who turns psycho and threatens his tenants.
那部恐怖片講的是一個房東變成瘋子，開始威脅房客。
Rachel's friends told her she was being psycho for checking Kevin's messages all night.
Rachel 的朋友說她整晚都在檢查 Kevin 的訊息，簡直是瘋了。
文法句型
be + psycho
go + psycho
psycho + noun (attributive)
用法筆記
Like the noun form, the adjective is offensive and should be avoided. 'Go psycho' is a fixed informal phrase meaning to become extremely angry or violent. The attributive use (e.g. 'a psycho killer') appears frequently in tabloid journalism.
常見錯誤
psycho — 字首
1. concerning the mind and how it works — a combining form placed before another wo
心理；精神
表示「心靈」或「心理過程」的字首
concerning the mind and how it works — a combining form placed before another word to create terms about psychology, thinking, and mental health.
Kevin is studying psychoanalysis, which explores how the unconscious mind affects behaviour.
Kevin 正在攻讀心理分析學，探討潛意識如何影響行為。
psycho- + analysis = psychoanalysis
The doctor said the chest pain was psychosomatic — caused by stress, not a heart problem.
醫生說那位病患的胸痛是心身性的——由壓力引起，並非心臟問題。
psycho- + somatic = psychosomatic (mind-body connection)
A psychologist uses talking therapy to help people with their mental health.
心理師透過會談治療來幫助人們處理心理健康問題。
After Mei-Lin took the anxiety medication, the psychoactive drug calmed her nerves within an hour.
Mei-Lin 服用焦慮症藥物後，精神作用藥物在一小時內平緩了她的神經。
Sivan took a psycholinguistics course on how the brain processes language.
Sivan 選了一門心理語言學課，學習大腦如何處理語言。
- soma-
prefix meaning 'body', as in somatosensory or psychosomatic (where both combine)
文法句型
psycho- + noun (e.g. psychoanalysis)
psycho- + adjective (e.g. psychosomatic)
用法筆記
Unlike the noun and adjective senses, the prefix 'psycho-' is neutral and technical. It appears in formal academic fields such as psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. The 'p' is silent at the start of 'psycho-' in words like 'psychology' /saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/.