sil·ly1 /ˈsɪli/ ●●● S2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp sillier, superlativesupl silliest)1 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEnot sensible, or showing bad judgment 愚蠢的,沒頭腦的,傻的Stop asking silly questions. 别再問傻問題了。
You made a lot of silly mistakes. 你犯了許多愚蠢的錯誤。
I left my keys at home, which was a pretty silly thing to do. 我幹了件傻事,把鑰匙落在家裏了。
‘Shall we go for a walk?’ ‘Don’t be silly, it’s dark.’ “我們去散步吧?”“别犯傻了,天都黑了。”
► see thesaurus at stupid 2 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEstupid in a childish or embarrassing way 可笑的,荒唐的I feel so silly in this outfit. 穿上這套衣服我覺得很可笑。
I hate their parties – we always end up playing silly games. 我討厭他們的聚會——最後總是玩一些愚蠢的遊戲。
3 spokenJOKING/NOT SERIOUSSENSIBLE# not serious or practical 随便的;不切實際的;不實用的They served us coffee in these silly little cups. 他們竟然用這種不實用的小杯子給我們上咖啡。
4. bore somebody silly informalBORING to make someone extremely bored 令某人極爲厭煩 5. drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly informal to drink or laugh etc so much that you stop behaving sensibly 喝得爛醉/笑得不成樣子/嚇得半死等drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly• Well, I laughed myself silly.
—silliness noun [uncountableU]