dottiness
noun[U]
UKuk/ˈdɒt.i.nəs/us/ˈdɑː.t̬i.nəs/informal
slightlystrangebehaviour:
I hadwarmedto herratherendearingdottiness.
Henoticeddottiness inpeopleotherwiseassumedto becompletelynormal.
informal
thefactof beingsillyorunreasonable:
古怪;精神不正常Only Britishjudges, in themajesticdottiness ofourlaw, wouldthinkso.只有我们英国的法官,受本国法律庄严却怪诞的指引,才会这么认为。
Apart from theutterdottiness ofbelievingthat theplanets'motionsdictateourpersonality, there is anunpleasantmoraldimensiontoastrology, says Dawkins.道金斯说,除了认为行星的运动决定了我们的性格这个绝对愚蠢的说法之外,占星术还有令人不快的道德问题。
old-fashioned
thefactoflikingsomeone or something very much, or of beingextremelyinterestedin them:
宠爱,溺爱I can't reallyunderstandpeople'sutterdottiness abouttheirdogs.我真的不明白人们为什么对他们的狗如此宠爱。
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dotty
Stupid and silly behaviour
- antics
- buffoonery
- dumbness
- fatuousness
- folly
- frivolousness
- fruit loopery
- game
- idiocy
- imprudence
- ludicrousness
- madness
- mindlessness
- oafishness
- obtuseness
- puerility
- screwball
- the games (that) people playidiom
- tomfoolery
- vacuousness
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