silly
silly
英[ˈsɪli]美[ˈsɪli]
adj.愚蠢的，荒唐的，不实用的；
n.淘气鬼；
复数：sillies;
比较级：sillier;
*高级：silliest;
名词：silliness;
例句
He said something silly and the other boys pounced on it at once.他说了句傻话，马上遭到了其他男孩的嘲笑。
She wept herself silly.她哭得昏过去了。
It's silly to quarrel over trifles.为小事争吵是愚蠢的。
I took a swing at him and knocked him silly.我挥拳打了他一下, 把他打得晕头转向。
It was silly of him to do it.他居然会那么做, 真是太傻了。
It's silly to get out in the rain if you don't have to.除非万不得已, 跑到外面淋雨就是愚蠢。
I was silly to get out in the cold without a coat.我真傻, 大冷天没穿外衣就出门了。
Don't be silly!别傻了！
You can't be excused for such a silly reason.不能因为这样一个可笑的理由而原谅你。
"Silly" is the positive and "sillier" the comparative.silly 是原级形容词, sillier是比较级形容词.
英语六级真题
Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not,blessed.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Examples like meat and silly are cited to show
出自-2014年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
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.
例句
My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this...我*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？ADJ
(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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
adj.
蠢的, 傻的; 糊涂的, 可笑的; 不明事理的; 没头脑的
I could not conceive that he would do such a silly thing.我不能想像他竟会干这种傻事。You can't be excused for such a silly reason.不能因为这样一个可笑的理由而原谅你。Don't be silly!别傻了！I was silly to get out in the cold without a coat.我真傻, 大冷天没穿外衣就出门了。It's silly to get out in the rain if you don't have to.除非万不得已, 跑到外面淋雨就是愚蠢。It was silly of him to do it.他居然会那么做, 真是太傻了。〈非正〉不省人事的, 失去知觉的; 晕头转向的
I took a swing at him and knocked him silly.我挥拳打了他一下, 把他打得晕头转向。（尤指像小孩一样）可笑的，荒唐的，冒傻气的
n.
（常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行为）傻孩子，淘气鬼
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a word used for misbehaving children;
"don't be a silly"Adjective
1. pungent adjectives of disesteem;
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going""wore a goofy hat""a silly idea""some wacky plan for selling more books"2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
"a dizzy blonde""light-headed teenagers""silly giggles"3. inspiring scornful pity;
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett4. dazed from or as if from repeated blows;
"knocked silly by the impact""slaphappy with exhaustion"
