◙ (sillier, silliest) 1. 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 2. [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) 1. [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。
【IDIOMS】
◘ the silly season 1. (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】
1. 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'