[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; NAmEˈsɪli/
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noun
sillysilliesadjective★(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; NAmEˈsɪlinəs/noun[uncountable ]IDIOMSˌdrink, 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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n.noun(BrE alsoˌsilly 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; NAmEˈsɪli/sil·li·ness/ˈsɪlinəs; NAmEˈsɪlinəs/
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
stupid
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 sensibly—silliness noun [uncountable]
silly1 adjective
silly2 noun
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.
WDF
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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