“百变教母”Lady Gaga的Gaga是什么意思？

 　　“百变教母”Lady Gaga的歌你可能听过，但她的名字中的“Gaga”是什么意思你知道吗？

　　The artist gleaned¹ the name from the famous Queen song Radio Gaga, but the word gaga entered the English lexicon² in the early 1900s as a term for "crazy" or "silly."

　　Lady Gaga的名字源于皇后乐队的著名歌曲《Radio Gaga》。“Gaga”一词是在1900年代进入英语，意为“疯狂的”“愚蠢的”。

　　Though its origin is unknown, it may come from the French imitative gaga meaning "senile" or "foolish."

　　虽然它的词源仍然未知，但它有可能是来自法语的gaga，意思为“年老糊涂的”“愚蠢的”。

　　Today the word is most commonly used in the sense of deep infatuation, where going gaga for something is the same thing at "mooning over" it.

　　如今这个词多用来形容极度迷恋某事，“going gaga”即对某事很痴迷。

　　Example：

　　I can't understand how anyone could be so gaga over golf.

　　我搞不懂为什么那么多人痴迷高尔夫。

1 gleaned   

v.一点点地收集（资料、事实）( glean的过去式和过去分词 )；（收割后）拾穗

参考例句：

• These figures have been gleaned from a number of studies. 这些数据是通过多次研究收集得来的。
• A valuable lesson may be gleaned from it by those who have eyes to see. 明眼人可从中记取宝贵的教训。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 lexicon   

n.字典，专门词汇

参考例句：

• Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon.巧克力在大多数人的字典里等同于罪恶。
• Silent earthquakes are only just beginning to enter the public lexicon.无声地震才刚开始要成为众所周知的语汇。