英和和英

語源

hare +‎ brained

形容詞

harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)

1. (of an idea または plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.
   • 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin (→ISBN)

     “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.

2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, The Author's Preface:

     Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle