| 单词 | silly |
| 释义 | silly (once / 240 pages) adjn Silly describes something that can't be taken seriously. You might not mind telling silly jokes, but you don't want to be told a project you've worked hard at is silly. Silly originally meant “happy,” which gives the sense of children's games or harmless jokes. Later, it came to mean “foolish”: silly ideas are looked down on because they're not very smart. Silly can also mean a state of foolishness brought on in a specific way. Your mother “worried herself silly” when you stayed out late, and promised to “slap you silly” when you got home. WORD FAMILYsilly: sillier, sillies, silliest, sillily, silliness+/silliness: sillinesses USAGE EXAMPLES“If we answered those every time, it would be silly.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) One lighter side to the job, though, is the silly calls the three say they’ve answered over the years. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Suddenly Depressed: I don’t think this is silly at all, and I also believe it’s more common than you may realize. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj ludicrous, foolish a silly idea Syn cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany foolish devoid of good sense or judgment 2adj inspiring scornful pity "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett Syn pathetic, ridiculous undignified lacking dignity 3adj lacking seriousness; given to frivolity silly giggles Syn airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior 4adj dazed from or as if from repeated blows knocked silly by the impact Syn punch-drunk, slaphappy confused mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently 5n a word used for misbehaving children don't be a silly Hyper child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster a young person of either sex |
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