资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Derange \De*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d['e]ranger; pref. d['e]- = d['e]s-
(L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf.
{Disarrange}, {Disrank}.]
1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper
arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder,
confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange;
as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of
a nation.
2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or
the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts.
--Blair.
3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the
intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb;
confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
Deranged \De*ranged"\, a.
Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
The story of a poor deranged parish lad. --Lamb.
资料来源 : WordNet®
deranged
adj : driven insane [syn: {crazed}, {half-crazed}]