Word
screwball
/ˈskruːbɒːl/
adjective
愚蠢的；荒诞的
foolish; totally unsound
- 1.
foolish; totally unsound
古怪的；疯疯癫癫的；完全荒唐的
古怪的；疯疯癫癫的；完全荒唐的；怪僻的；精神有点怪的
In use
He has some screwball ideas about how to solve the problem.
That screwball comedy made everyone laugh.
I can't follow his screwball logic.
Connections
Collocations
- screwball comedy
- 荒诞喜剧
- The film is a classic screwball comedy from the 1930s.这部电影是20世纪30年代的经典荒诞喜剧。
- screwball idea
- 荒唐的想法
- Quitting your job to live on a boat sounds like a screwball idea.辞职去船上生活听起来是个荒唐的想法。
- screwball scheme
- 荒唐的计划
- He came up with a screwball scheme to get rich overnight.他想出了一个一夜暴富的荒唐计划。
- screwball logic
- 荒诞的逻辑
- Her screwball logic somehow convinced everyone to go along.她荒诞的逻辑不知怎么说服了所有人附和。
- screwball antics
- 疯疯癫癫的举止
- The comedian's screwball antics had the audience in stitches.那位喜剧演员疯疯癫癫的举止逗得观众捧腹大笑。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：把螺丝(screw)当球(ball)扔，行为荒诞离谱——screwball就是“古怪、疯疯癫癫”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常聊天、影视或喜剧对话 screwball 作形容词表示“古怪、荒唐”时通常用于非正式场合，多出现在口语、电影或轻松的文章里，正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均以 -ball 或 -all 结尾，其最后一个音节包含相同的元音 /ɒ:/ 和尾辅音 /l/，与 screwball 的 -ball 读音一致，因此押韵。注意形近词 bowl /bəʊl/ 的元音不同，读音有别。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.