a person filled with excessive and rigidly single-minded zeal or enthusiasm, especially for an extreme religious or political cause
(尤指极端宗教或政治事业的)极端主义者,过激分子。
[often with modifier]
〈非正式〉 (尤指某项活动的)狂热者,痴迷者
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a fitness fanatic .健身迷。
filled with or expressing excessive zeal
痴迷的;狂热的
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his eyes had a fanatic iciness .他的目光显露出狂热者的冷峻。
"mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French