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Silly I ˈsɪli Informal ˈsɪlinəs Noun Behave Thing

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/sɪ̱li/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]愚蠢的;幼稚的;荒唐的 If you say that someone or something is silly, you mean that they are foolish, childish, or ridiculous.
  • My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this...

    我最好的朋友说我要是为这事而沮丧难过就真够傻的。

  • You silly boy; why did you tramp about so long in the cold?...

    你这个傻孩子,为什么大冷天走这么大老远的路?

  • I thought it would be silly to be too rude at that stage...

    我原本觉得在那个时候太粗鲁会很愚蠢。

  • That's a silly question.

    那是个愚蠢的问题。

  • ...a silly hat.

    可笑的帽子

silliness
  • She looked round to make sure there was no giggling or silliness.

    她环顾四周以确定没有人咯咯傻笑或做任何愚蠢的行为。

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[ADJ 形容词](喝得)昏头昏脑的;(笑得)傻里傻气的 If you do something such as laugh or drink yourself silly, you do it so much that you are unable to think or behave sensibly.
  [v n ADJ]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Right now the poor old devil's drinking himself silly...

    这会儿那可怜的老家伙又喝得糊里糊涂的了。

  • Poor Donald's been worrying himself silly.

    可怜的唐纳德一直在杞人忧天。


Oxford silly / ˈsɪli ; NAmE ˈsɪli /
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adjective ( sil·lier , sil·li·est ) 1 showing a lack of thought, understanding or judgement 愚蠢的;不明事理的;没头脑的;傻的 SYN
foolish
a silly idea 愚蠢的想法 That was a silly thing to do! 那事做得蠢! Her work is full of silly mistakes. 她满篇都是愚蠢的错误。 ‘I can walk home.’ ‘Don't be silly—it's much too far!’ “我可以走回家去。”“别犯傻了,远得很哪!” You silly boy! 你这傻小子!
2 stupid or embarrassing, especially in a way that is more typical of a child than an adult (尤指像小孩一样)可笑的,荒唐的,冒傻气的 SYN
ridiculous
a silly sense of humour 无聊的幽默感 a silly game 无聊的游戏 I feel sillyin these clothes. 穿上这些衣服,我觉得很可笑。 She had a silly grin on her face. 她一脸憨笑。 ( especially BrE) I got it for a silly price (= very cheap). 我买它差不多没花钱。
3 not practical or serious 不实用的;闹着玩的 We had to wear these silly little hats. 我们不得不戴这些傻里傻气的小帽子。 Why worry about a silly thing like that? 干嘛为那种无谓的事发愁啊? sil·li·ness / ˈsɪlinəs ; NAmE ˈsɪlinəs / noun [uncountable ] IDIOMS ˌdrink, ˌlaugh, ˌshout, etc. yourself ˈsilly ( informal) to drink, laugh, shout, etc. so much that you cannot behave in a sensible way 喝(或笑、叫等)得傻里傻气的 play ˈsilly buggers ( BrE) ( informal) to behave in a stupid and annoying way 胡闹;顽皮;做怪样子 more at
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noun ( BrE also ˌsilly ˈbilly ) [singular ] ( informal) often used when speaking to children to say that they are not behaving in a sensible way (常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行为)傻孩子,淘气鬼 No, silly, those aren't your shoes! 不对,傻孩子,那不是你的鞋! silly / ˈsɪli ; NAmE ˈsɪli / sil·li·ness / ˈsɪlinəs ; NAmE ˈsɪlinəs /
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sillysil‧ly1 /ˈsɪli/ ●●● S2 adjective (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
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1not sensible, or showing bad judgment:  Stop asking silly questions. You made a lot of silly mistakes. I left my keys at home, which was a pretty silly thing to do. ‘Shall we go for a walk?’ ‘Don’t be silly, it’s dark.’ see thesaurus at
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2stupid in a childish or embarrassing way:  I feel so silly in this outfit. a silly hat I hate their parties – we always end up playing silly games.3spoken not serious or practical:  They served us coffee in these silly little cups.4bore somebody silly informal to make someone extremely bored5drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly informal to drink or laugh etc so much that you stop behaving sensiblysilliness noun [uncountable]
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sillysilly2 noun spoken
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used to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly:  No, silly, I didn’t mean that.
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silly

[ˈsɪli]
级别:sillier, silliest
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silliest[310]
愚蠢的(81%),可笑的(12%),傻孩子(5%),琐屑的(1%),犯晕的(1%)
n.傻瓜
adj.愚蠢的;不明事理的;没头脑的
n.(Silly)人名;(匈)希伊;(法)西利

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