silly

Word family

sil·ly1 /ˈsɪli/ S2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp sillier, superlativesupl silliest)

1 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEnot sensible, or showing bad judgment 愚蠢的，没头脑的，傻的

Stop asking silly questions.

别再问傻问题了。

You made a lot of silly mistakes.

你犯了许多愚蠢的错误。

I left my keys at home, which was a pretty silly thing to do.

我干了件傻事，把钥匙落在家里了。

‘Shall we go for a walk?’ ‘Don’t be silly, it’s dark.’

“我们去散步吧？”“别犯傻了，天都黑了。”

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2 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEstupid in a childish or embarrassing way 可笑的，荒唐的

I feel so silly in this outfit.

穿上这套衣服我觉得很可笑。

a silly hat

一顶傻里傻气的帽子

I hate their parties – we always end up playing silly games.

我讨厌他们的聚会——最后总是玩一些愚蠢的游戏。

3 spokenJOKING/NOT SERIOUSSENSIBLE# not serious or practical 随便的；不切实际的；不实用的

They served us coffee in these silly little cups.

他们竟然用这种不实用的小杯子给我们上咖啡。

4. bore somebody silly informalBORING to make someone extremely bored 令某人极为厌烦

5. drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly informal to drink or laugh etc so much that you stop behaving sensibly 喝得烂醉/笑得不成样子/吓得半死等

Examples from the Corpus

drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly• Well, I laughed myself silly.

—silliness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

silly• And, though I believe she is at heart a sensible girl, she might be driven to do something silly.• Summoning the presence not to say something catty, I said something silly.• You know the sort of thing ... Good, kind people, but extraordinarily silly.• Don't pay any attention to her - she's just being silly.• I have a question which might sound a bit silly.• Now don't be silly, get up off the floor.• One such came lolloping up to Meredith, a silly grin on its face.• Rehearsals over, a certain degree of moodiness or silly humor would overtake him.• You're just a silly little boy.• Life was too short to worry about every silly little detail.• We saw all these city people with their silly little sandals on.• You've made a lot of silly mistakes in this essay.• That was silly of me -- I just locked the trunk and the keys are inside.• I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.• Do you mind if I ask a silly question?• I had locked myself out, which was a silly thing to do.• It's silly to build another room onto the house now.• I think you're silly to worry so much about your hair.

a ... silly thing to do• Landing down wind is a silly thing to do.

silly2 noun spoken

STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEused to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly 傻瓜，笨蛋

No, silly, I didn’t mean that.

不，傻瓜，我不是那个意思。

Examples from the Corpus

silly• No, silly, put it over there!

Origin silly1

Old English sælig “happy”

sil·ly1 adjectiveadjsilly2 noun

Chinese

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