screwball
noun[C]
uk/ˈskruː.bɔːl/us/ˈskruː.bɑːl/screwballnoun[C](PERSON)
mainlyUSinformal
apersonwhobehavesin astrangeandfunnyway
怪僻而有趣的人Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- anomaly
- anti-alien
- Bermuda Triangle
- corn circle
- eccentric
- fairy
- flake
- kook
- kryptonite
- loiterer
- Martian
- masochist
- mutant
- pervert
- sicko
- sociopath
- space cadet
- taniwha
- Tardis
screwballnoun[C](BALL)
US
aballthat isthrownduring abaseballgameso that itcurvesto oneside
(棒球比赛中的)内曲线球Baseball & rounders
- at batidiom
- ballgame
- ballplayer
- base hit
- bases
- beat
- chopper
- doctor
- fish
- flare
- foul
- frame
- peg
- second base
- shag
- shortstop
- slugger
- sock
- stickball
- strike
screwball
adjective
mainlyUSuk/ˈskruː.bɔːl/us/ˈskruː.bɑːl/used todescribeatypeoffilmin which there arefunnycharactersandsillysituations:
(用来形容一种类型的电影)神经的,疯狂的a screwballcomedy神经喜剧
Stupid and silly behaviour
- antics
- buffoonery
- dottiness
- dumbness
- fatuousness
- foolishness
- frivolousness
- fruit loopery
- game
- idiocy
- lark
- ludicrousness
- madness
- mindlessness
- oafishness
- obtuseness
- stupidity
- the games (that) people playidiom
- tomfoolery
- vacuousness
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