silly
英 ['sɪlɪ]
美['sɪli]
- adj. 愚蠢的
- n. 傻瓜
- n. (Silly)人名；(匈)希伊；(法)西利
词态变化
复数: sillies;比较级: sillier;最高级: silliest;名词: silliness;
中文词源
silly 愚蠢的，傻里傻气的
来自古英语 saelig,高兴的，愉悦的，无忧无虑的，来自 Proto-Germanic*seligaz,高兴的，来自 PIE*sel,高兴的，词源同 solace,console.后词义由高兴的，无忧无虑的引申为傻里傻气的，愚 蠢的。词义演变比较 nice,好的，原义为无知的。
英英释意
- 1. a word used for misbehaving children;
- "don't be a silly"
英文词源
- silly
- silly: [OE] In one of the more celebrated semantic volte-faces in the history of the English lexicon, silly has been transformed over the past millennium from ‘blessed, happy’ to ‘stupid’. The word goes back ultimately to a prehistoric West Germanic *sǣliga, a derivative of *sǣli ‘luck, happiness’. It reached Old English as gesǣlig, still meaning ‘happy’, but as it evolved formally in Middle English through seely to silly, its meaning developed via ‘blessed’, ‘pious’, ‘innocent, harmless’, ‘pitiable’, and ‘feeble’ to ‘feeble in mind, foolish’. The related German selig retains its original meaning ‘happy, blessed’.
- silly (adj.)
- Old English gesælig "happy, fortuitous, prosperous" (related to sæl "happiness"), from Proto-Germanic *sæligas (cognates: Old Norse sæll "happy," Old Saxon salig, Middle Dutch salich, Old High German salig, German selig "blessed, happy, blissful," Gothic sels "good, kindhearted"), from PIE *sele- "of good mood; to favor," from root *sel- (2) "happy, of good mood; to favor" (cognates: Latin solari "to comfort," Greek hilaros "cheerful, gay, merry, joyous").
This is one of the few instances in which an original long e (ee) has become shortened to i. The same change occurs in breeches, and in the American pronunciation of been, with no change in spelling. [Century Dictionary]
The word's considerable sense development moved from "happy" to "blessed" to "pious," to "innocent" (c. 1200), to "harmless," to "pitiable" (late 13c.), "weak" (c. 1300), to "feeble in mind, lacking in reason, foolish" (1570s). Further tendency toward "stunned, dazed as by a blow" (1886) in knocked silly, etc. Silly season in journalism slang is from 1861 (August and September, when newspapers compensate for a lack of hard news by filling up with trivial stories). Silly Putty trademark claims use from July 1949.
同义词辨析
foolish, silly, stupid, simple, dull
这些形容词都可表示"愚蠢的，笨的，傻的"之意。
foolish： 一般指人的无头脑、愚蠢，或缺乏常识与判断力，或指行动的愚蠢可笑。
silly： 口语用词，可和foolish互换，但语气稍强。侧重指人的言行不合常规或不理智，强调单纯、低能和糊涂。
stupid： 多指人或行为的愚蠢，尤指先天智能低下，或因某种原因失去正常的反应或感觉。有时也可与silly和foolish换用，但语气强，常含贬义。
simple： 强调头脑简单或缺少智慧。
dull： 指对问题理解迟钝，缺乏灵敏机智头脑，可能是先下智力低下，也可能因疲倦或健康不佳所致。
考试真题
- It would seem silly to call such a thing a "disease".
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not,blessed.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- Examples like meat and silly are cited to show
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- But I could not help thinking about that silly poem.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Hollywood's theory that machines with evil minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly.
2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- I would be a different person if my mom hadn't turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today.
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn't it?
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
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）
实用场景例句
- a silly idea
- 愚蠢的想法
牛津词典
- That was a silly thing to do !
- 那事做得蠢！
牛津词典
- Her work is full of silly mistakes.
- 她满篇都是愚蠢的错误。
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- ‘I can walk home. ’ ‘Don't be silly─it's much too far! ’
- “我可以走回去。”“别犯傻——远得很哪！”
牛津词典
- You silly boy!
- 你这傻小子！
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- a silly sense of humour
- 无聊的幽默感
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- a silly game
- 无聊的游戏
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- I feel silly in these clothes.
- 穿上这些衣服，我觉得很可笑。
牛津词典
- She had a silly grin on her face.
- 她一脸憨笑。
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- (especially British English)I got it for a silly price (= very cheap) .
- 我买它差不多没花钱。
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- We had to wear these silly little hats.
- 我们不得不戴这些傻里傻气的小帽子。
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- Why worry about a silly thing like that?
- 干嘛为那种无谓的事发愁啊？
牛津词典
- No, silly, those aren't your shoes!
- 不对，傻孩子，那不是你的鞋！
牛津词典
- My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this...
- 我最好的朋友说我要是为这事而沮丧难过就真够傻的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You silly boy; why did you tramp about so long in the cold?...
- 你这个傻孩子，为什么大冷天走这么大老远的路？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Right now the poor old devil's drinking himself silly...
- 这会儿那可怜的老家伙又喝得糊里糊涂的了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Poor Donald's been worrying himself silly.
- 可怜的唐纳德一直在杞人忧天。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Jane did such a thing, she is really as silly as a goose.
- 简竟然干出这种事, 她实在是太蠢了.
《简明英汉词典》
- She wept herself silly.
- 她哭得昏过去了.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is probably a silly.
- 他很可能是个傻瓜.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Don't be such a silly owl.
- 别做那样的傻事.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- It was silly of Grace to take offence at our innocent remarks.
- 我们说的话没有恶意,格雷斯为此发怒真是愚蠢.
《简明英汉词典》
- Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.
- 荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She likes to laugh a silly laugh in one's face.
- 她喜欢在人面前傻笑.
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