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单词 silly
释义
silly
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪl.i/us
/ˈsɪl.i/
B1
showinglittlethoughtorjudgment:
愚蠢的，傻的
Don't do that, you sillyboy!不要那么干，你这个傻小子！
a sillymistake愚蠢的错误
It was sillyofyou to go out in thesunwithout ahat.你不戴帽子顶着太阳出门真是太傻了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
stupid
  • stupidSome people are too stupid to realize what's bad for them.
  • foolishShe was really foolish to quit her job like that.
  • sillyIt was silly of you to go out in the sun without a hat.
  • crazyYou'd be absolutely crazy to marry that man.
  • dumbUSShe was terrified of asking dumb questions.
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embarrassed;afraidthatpeoplewilllaughat you:
尴尬的；担心被他人嘲笑的
Ifeelsilly in thisdress.穿这条裙子让我感觉很傻。
Synonym
foolish
B1
notimportant,serious, orpractical:
不重要的；不严肃的；不实际的
She getsupsetover such silly things.她会因为这样的小事而难过。
We wereservedourdrinksin these silly littleglasses.我们的饮料是盛在这些不实用的小杯子里端上来的。
More examples
  • What's thenameof thatguyon TV - youknow, the American one with the sillyvoice?
  • They can'texpectme toaccommodatealltheirsilly littlelikesanddislikes.
  • Why are you putting on that sillyvoice?
  • Iscreamedmyself silly on therollercoaster.
  • Seriously now, did he really say that or are you just being silly?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
  • absurd
  • absurdity
  • absurdly
  • adolescent
  • againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
  • dizzily
  • dopey
  • dorky
  • dottiness
  • dotty
  • imbecility
  • impolitic
  • imprudent
  • inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
  • insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
  • uncritically
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonable
  • unreasonably
  • unwise
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Ashamed and embarrassed
Of little or less importance
Unsuitable and unacceptable

Idioms

drink, laugh, etc.yourselfsilly
silly billy
(Definition ofsillyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

silly| American Dictionary

silly
adjective
us
/ˈsɪl·i/
showingalackofthoughtorjudgment; notseriousand notshowingmuchintelligence:
a sillygrin
Iwatchedanother sillymovielastnight.

silliness

noun[U]us
/ˈsɪl·i·nəs/
It’stimetostopthe silliness and getserious.
(Definition ofsillyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsilly

silly
It was perfectly all right to saysillythings.
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No, howsilly, it came from ancient boreal forests, further afield, and was blown off course.
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But this is asillyquestion (at least for anyone who takes justice seriously enough to raise it).
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Unfortunately - if not surprisingly - each of these senses, in isolation, comes off sounding rathersilly.
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It issillyto focus on achieving spontaneity or pleasure in what one does, so the observation goes.
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To ask whether it is real or authentic is asillyquestion.
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When the time came for the experimenter to elicit these words, she told the child that they would now be playing asillyword game.
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I found this argument to be rathersilly.
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However, only thesillyword game productions were compared with child productions.
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These questions are allsillyfor integers because we treat integers as values, not objects.
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I am not suggesting that it is in principlesillyto think that behaviors of this sort could be underwritten by genes.
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The experimenter told the child that she would say somesillywords, and the child should repeat thesesillywords back to her.
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The idea of total transparency issilly, if not incoherent.
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Children were told to read somesilly, meaningless words.
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What they probably mean is that they are afraid to sing in case someone thinks they soundsilly.
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