adjective
sillier, silliest
1
- having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish荒谬的; 荒唐的; 傻的; 愚蠢的：
another of his silly jokes
他的又一个无聊的笑话
'Don't be silly!' she said.
“别犯傻了！”她说。
1.1
- ridiculously trivial or frivolous微不足道的; 无意义的：
he would brood about silly things.
他会想这些无聊的事。
1.2
- 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。
1.3
- 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.
右外场（野）手。
(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。
短语
the silly season
- chiefly Brit. 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, 报纸往往因缺乏重要新闻而登载琐碎消息的季节）。
派生词
sillily
adverbsilliness
noun词源
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'.