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Goof I Silly Call   [Informal 非正式 英 ɡuːf] 美

英语单词 goof
英美音标 英 [ɡuːf] 美 [ɡuːf]
中文释义 n.愚蠢的人;愚蠢的错误
v.闲混;犯错误;做蠢事;把 ... 弄得一团糟
英语例句 (1) I told him not to goof around.
(2) You will never be good students so long as you goof around.
中文例句 (1) 我叫他不要游手好闲。
(2) 如果你们成天游手好闲,就永远也成不了好学生。
vocabulary简明 A goof is a silly fool. If you can't stop telling jokes, even after your math class has started, your teacher will think you're a goof.
vocabulary扩展 There are many alternate words for goof, including dimwit, dummy, and nitwit. In other words, you should only call someone a goof if you mean to insult their intelligence. The mistakes a goof — or anyone — makes can also be called goofs: "I made such a goof when I was mixing this cake batter." Goof is a 1916 American invention, probably influenced by the English dialect goff, "foolish clown."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]犯愚蠢的错误;出大差错 If you goof or goof up, you make a silly mistake.
  [V]
  [Also V adv]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.

    上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯,结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。

  • Goof is also a noun.
    • But was it, in fact, a hideous goof?

      但事实上这是否是个弥天大错?

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]傻瓜;笨蛋 If you call someone a goof, you think they are silly.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I could write for TV as well as any of those goofs.

    我写的电视剧肯定一点儿不比那帮笨蛋写得差。

相关词组:
goof around
goof off

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