A favorite reading assignment in American schools is “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. I remember
having to read it during my freshman year of high school and thinking of the depth the book held. Judging by the title alone, I would not have known it was about mental illnesses since the “Cuckoo’s Nest” threw me off. However, cuckoo’s nest is actually one of the many words used for psychiatric hospitals. Here is some of the more common slang you will hear for “psychiatric hospital.”
你能有多疯狂?
美国学校中最受欢迎的阅读作业是《飞越疯人院》（One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest）。我记得在我高一的时候不得不读这本书，不免想到了这本书的深度。仅从书名来看，我不会知道它是关于精神疾病的，因为 "布谷鸟的巢 "把我误导了。然而，布谷鸟巢实际上是 用于精神病院的众多词汇之一。以下是你会听到的一些更常见的 "精神病院 "的俚语。
Funny farm | Crazyhouse | Loony bin |
Sanitorium | Sanitarium | Mental institution |
Funny house | Insane asylum | Funny farm |
Mental hospital | Boobyhatch | Bughouse |
Laughing academy | Lunatic asylum | Madhouse |
Padded Cell | Rubber room | Snake pit |
Cuckoos nest | Nut house | Psycho ward |
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