informalMPVIOLENT someone who is mentally ill and who may behave in a violent or strange way 精神病患者
—psychoadjectiveadj
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psycho• For all I knew she might have been a psycho or a girl with a little blackmail on her mind.• Flesh-eating psycho played by Sir Anthony Hopkins is back in a slick, campsequel.• These two raccoon-eyed psychos have lost none of their no-holds-barredenergy or their penchant for writing catchymelodies.• When the psycho is caught, then let go on a technicality, Mom takes matters into her own hands.• All his posse friends were psychos, deranged misfits who were cruel for kicks.
MPrelating to the mind and the mental processes, rather than the body 心理的;精神的
a psychoanalyst
精神分析专家
Psychon
n(1960) a US horrorfilm (=a film that is intended to make you feel frightened) made by Alfred hitchcock. Its most famousscene is the one in which the character acted by Janet Leigh is killed with a knife by Norman Bates while she is in the shower.