silly

B1 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1262 ★★☆☆☆

a. 愚蠢的, 糊涂的

发音

US /ˈsɪl.i/
AU /ˈsɪl.i/

词形变化

sillies 复数 sillies sillier 比较级 sillier silliest silliest 最高级

别名

sely seely

教材释义与例句

名词

傻瓜

used to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly

形容词

愚蠢的；不明事理的；没头脑的

not sensible, or showing bad judgment

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A silly person.

    非正式

    While they, poor sillies, bid good night, O' love an' bogles eerie.

  2. 2.

    A term of address.

    ‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.

  3. 3.

    A mistake.

    非正式
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

    They were laughing at a silly joke.

    silly grin

  2. 2.

    Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

    Absurdly large.

    He cannot achieve celebrity by covering himself with diamonds... or by giving a silly price for a hack.

  3. 3.

    Blessed

    Good; pious.

    苏格兰 废旧

    The sylyman lay and herde, / And hys wyf answerd.

  4. 4.

    Blessed

    Holy.

    苏格兰 废旧

    ... thrie Saturdayes befor Lambas and thrie efter called the six silie Saturdayes.

  5. 5.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly

    苏格兰 罕用

    The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.

  6. 6.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion

    Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.

    苏格兰 文学 罕用

    There is no best in þe word, I wene... / That suffuris halfe so myche tene / As doth þe sylly wat.

  7. 7.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion

    Helpless, defenseless.

    苏格兰 文学 罕用

    scared silly

  8. 8.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion

    Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.

    苏格兰 罕用
  9. 9.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion

    Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).

    苏格兰 罕用
  10. 10.

    Simple, plain

    Rustic, homely.

    罕用
  11. 11.

    Simple, plain

    Lowly, of humble station.

    废旧 罕用

    The silly herdman all astonnied standes.

  12. 12.

    Pitiful, inspiring compassion

    Sickly; feeble; infirm.

    苏格兰 罕用
  13. 13.

    Mentally simple, foolish

    Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.

    废旧
  14. 14.

    Mentally simple, foolish

    Thoughtless, lacking judgment.

    silly mistake

    Wee sillie soules, take the matter too too heauily.

  15. 15.

    Mentally simple, foolish

    mentally delayed or feeble.

    苏格兰
  16. 16.

    Mentally simple, foolish

    Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.

    You say you were knocked silly—was that so?

  17. 17.

    Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

    体育 游戏

    Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Sillily: in a silly manner.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 10

kid child minor fry youngster nipper shaver tyke nestling small fry
形容词

同义词 10

ridiculous pathetic dizzy goofy giddy wacky light-headed zany airheaded empty-headed

近义相关 4

confused foolish frivolous undignified

相关短语

silly goose silly mid on silly mid off silly point silly money silly straw silly straws silly string Silly Billy silly billy n. <口>傻瓜, 蠢货 silly pill silly pills silly season (新闻界的)无聊季节, 新闻饥荒期 silly geese silly gooses

词源

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie. The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”).

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