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- silly ['sɪlɪ]
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1.
adj
lacking in good sense; absurd
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2.
n
[informal]
silly-billy a foolish person
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3.
adj
frivolous, trivial, or superficial
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4.
adj
feeble-minded
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5.
adj
dazed, as from a blow
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6.
adj
[obsolete]
homely or humble
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7.
n
[modifier]
[cricket]
(of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket
- silly mid-on
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8.
n
[Etymology]
C15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English s
æ lig (unattested) happy, from sæ l happiness; related to Gothic se ls good
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1.
adj
lacking in good sense; absurd
Examples
- I call it silly.
- 我认为这是愚蠢的。 → call
- an idea that strikes one as silly
- 有点愚蠢的想法 → strike
- I don't really want to argue with him about it. It's so silly.
- 我并不是真想和他吵，那样太傻了。 → argue
- 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。 → silly
- Her husband was so silly and as ugly as sin.
- 他的丈夫又蠢又丑。 → ugly
- 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。 → achievement
- don't be silly!
- 别傻了！ → do
- how silly of him not to say anything!
- 他只字未提真是太傻了！ → of
- he's silly to be upset
- 他这么难过真是太傻了 → silly
- it would be silly to waste it
- 把它浪费了就太愚蠢了 → silly
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