silly

silly
(sillier, silliest)

having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish
荒谬的；傻的；愚蠢的
another of his silly jokes.
他的另一个荒谬笑话。
‘Don't be silly!’ she said.
“别犯傻了！”她说。
■ridiculously trivial or frivolous
微不足道的；轻佻的
he would brood about silly things.
他会想这些无聊的事。
■[as complement]used to convey that an activity or process has been engaged in to such a degree that someone is no longer capable of thinking or acting sensibly
…得失去了理性
he often drank himself silly.
他常喝酒喝得酩酊大醉。
his mother worried herself silly over him.
他母亲常常为他担心得六神无主。
■(archaic)(especially of a woman, child, or animal) helpless; defenceless
(古)（尤指女子、小孩、动物）无助的；弱的；没有防卫能力的
[attrib.](Cricket)denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman
(板球)（防守位置）靠近击球手的
silly mid-on.
靠近击球手的右侧外场员。

(pl. -ies)

(informal)a foolish person (often used as a form of address)
(非正式)傻瓜，笨蛋［常用作称呼语］
Come on, silly.
快点，傻瓜。

常用词组
the silly season

(chieflyBrit.)high summer regarded as the season when newspapers often publish trivial material because of a lack of important news
(主英)无聊季节（盛夏时期，报纸因缺少重要新闻而发表小道消息的季节）

派生
sillily
adverb
silliness
noun
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'deserving of pity or sympathy'): alteration of dialect seely 'happy', later 'innocent, feeble', from a West Germanic base meaning 'luck, happiness'. The sense 'foolish' developed via the stages 'feeble' and 'unsophisticated, ignorant'

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