present participle adjective from obsolete verb mad "to make insane; to become insane" (see madden); now principally in the phrase far from the madding crowd, title of a novel by Hardy (1874), who lifted it from a line of Gray's "Elegy" (1749), which seems to echo a line from Drummond of Hawthornden from 1614 ("Farre from the madding Worldling's hoarse discords").
双语例句
1. I really enjoyed Far from the Madding Crowd.
我真喜欢《远离狂乱的人群》.
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2. Usage and Characters: Our machine is the ideal equipment for the printing . paper - madding and decoration enterprise.
用途及特点: 本机是各印刷、造纸、装璜及纸制品企业的理想设备.
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3. Any businessman has to keep his eyes open for a chance of madding a profit.
