1580s, "pertaining to bats," from bat (n.2) + -y (2). Slang sense "nuts, crazy" is attested from 1903, from the expression (to have) bats in (one's) belfry, also meaning "not be right in the head" (1899).
雙語例句
1. Laura's going a bit batty.
勞拉變得有些古怪。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Aunt Batty loved life as no other human being I ever knew loved life.
蓓蒂姨熱愛生活,我從未見過第二個像她這樣熱愛生活的人.
來自辭典例句
3. The batty a fat chance to marry the slim girl.
那個怪胖子幾乎不可能娶到這個苗條女孩.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Betty's doctor says her blood pressure is too high.