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  • Conjugation : more  sillier ; most  silliest ; pl  sillies
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

silly ['sɪlɪ]
  1. 1. adjective [+person] 愚蠢
  2. 2. adjective [+idea] [ object] 可笑
    he's silly to be upset
    这么难过真是太傻了
    it would be silly to waste it
    把它浪费了就太愚蠢

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

silly [ˈsɪlɪ]
  1. 1. adjective 愚蠢的,可笑的;荒谬
  2. 2. adjective 轻浮的,不严肃
  3. 3. adjective 可悲
    How silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years.
    一个热情但却失败的求婚者该是多么愚蠢啊,尤其如果已经上了年纪
  4. 4. adjective [Spoken] 晕眩的,头晕眼花的
  5. 5. n.[c] 傻瓜笨蛋
    Don't be a silly.
    别傻了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

silly ['sɪlɪ]
  1. 1. n [Spoken] silly-billy a foolish person
  2. 2. adj lacking in good sense; absurd
  3. 3. adj frivolous, trivial, or superficial
  4. 4. adj feeble-minded
  5. 5. adj dazed, as from a blow
  6. 6. adj [obsolete] homely or humble
  7. 7. n [modifier] [cricket] (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket
    silly mid-on
  8. 8. n [Etymology] C15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English sælig (unattested) happy, from sæl happiness; related to Gothic sels good

Examples

Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.
问愚蠢的问题,你会得到愚蠢的答案。
an idea that strikes one as silly
有点愚蠢的想法
With funny faces and silly costumes, he made the audience laugh.
他滑稽的脸和傻乎乎的戏服惹得观众捧腹大笑。
It would be silly to credit me with some academic achievement.
认为我会取得些许学术成就,这种想法真的是很愚蠢。
don't be silly!
别傻了!
how silly of him not to say anything!
他只字未提真是太傻了!

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