Word · Frequency #2789
silly
/ˈsɪli/
noun
淘气鬼;小淘气
a word used for misbehaving children
- 1.
a word used for misbehaving children
指调皮孩子的用语
指调皮孩子的用语
In use
Stop hiding your sister's shoes, you silly!
That silly has been throwing bread at the ducks all afternoon.
Come down from the table now, you silly!
don't be a silly
Connections
Collocations
- you silly
- 你这个小淘气
- Come here, you silly! Stop drawing on the wall.过来,你这个小淘气!别在墙上画画了。
- don't be a silly
- 别淘气
- Don't be a silly, Amy; give me the scissors back.别淘气,埃米;把剪刀还给我。
- such a silly
- 这样的淘气鬼
- You are such a silly, leaving your homework at home!你真是个小淘气,把作业忘在家里了!
Idioms & figurative uses
- silly season
- 新闻淡季(指报纸缺乏严肃新闻时用琐碎消息填充的时期)The silly season is upon us, with papers full of celebrity gossip.新闻淡季来了,报纸上满是名人八卦。
- silly money
- 离谱的高价;天价People are paying silly money for vintage trainers these days.如今人们为复古运动鞋支付离谱的高价。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 silly 记成‘嘻嘻哩’:孩子嘻嘻哈哈地捣蛋,就是‘小淘气’。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:speaking to a child affectionately、children teasing each other playfully silly 作名词时多用于口语,指调皮或孩子气的人,常带亲昵或玩笑语气,比较常见于大人对孩子或孩子之间的对话;正式写作中较少这样使用。
Grammar Note
作为名词时,指调皮的孩子,通常用于称呼。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 silly 押韵,重音都在第一个音节,读音均为 /ˈXɪli/。注意 lily 拼写只有一个 l,但读音相同。别把以 -ily 结尾的副词(如 happily /ˈhæpɪli/、easily /ˈiːzɪli/)当作押韵词,它们的重读元音不同;sill /sɪl/ 也因缺少末尾的 /i/ 而不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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