"crazy, silly," 1916, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were "easy to manage" (1899) and "feeble, petty" (1860).
potty (n.)
1942, child's word for "chamber pot," from pot (n.1). Potty-training is attested from 1958. Potty-mouth "one who uses obscene language" is student slang from 1968.
雙語例句
1. The baby has done a wee in his potty.
嬰兒往便壺里撒了尿。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The kids are driving me potty!
這群小崽子煩死我了！
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. He seems to have gone / to be quite potty.
他好像瘋瘋癲癲的了.
來自辭典例句
4. He is potty about comics.
他對漫畫書著了迷.
來自辭典例句
5. A person with his ambition won't stay long in a potty little firm like this.