freak

freak
fri:k
noun
1) (an unusual or abnormal event, person or thing: A storm as bad as that one is a freak of nature; (also adjective) a freak result.) kuriøsitet, skjebnens lune, vanskapning
2) (a person who is wildly enthusiastic about something: a film-freak.) frik, -narkoman, -apostel
•
lune
I
subst. \/friːk\/
1) uventet hendelse, uventet situasjon
2) misfoster, monster
3) (gammeldags) lune, innfall, fiks idé
4) kuriositet
5) (hverdagslig) original, eksentriker, skrue
6) (slang) narkoman
7) (i sammensetninger) -misbruker, -narkoman
• Henry is a pill freak
Henry er pillenarkoman
8) (i sammensetninger) -elsker, -frik, -fantast, -fanatiker
• Tom has always been a football freak
Tom har bestandig vært en fotballfantast
• Susan is a health freak
Susan er en helsefrik
freak of nature naturens lune, pussig fenomen misfoster, monster, grotesk vesen, vanskapning
II
subst. \/friːk\/
1) (farge)flekk
2) stripe
3) strøk
III
verb \/friːk\/
(hverdagslig) skremme, gjøre redd
• their deviating views really freaked me
de avvikende synspunktene deres gjorde meg virkelig redd
freak out skeie ut, frike ut (om narkotika) bli stein
freak somebody out (hverdagslig) få noen til å tørne
• hearing about that accident really freaked her out
å høre om den ulykken fikk henne til å tørne fullstendig
IV
verb \/friːk\/
(gammeldags, om farge e.l.) flekke, trekke striper bortover
V
adj. \/friːk\/
1) lunefull, uberegnelig, omskiftelig
2) unormal, uvanlig, abnorm
• a freak storm
en uberegnelig storm
3) (hverdagslig) original, rar, merkelig, underlig, sær, egenartet, særegen

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