screwball

英 [ˈskruːbɔːl]

美 [ˈskruːbɔːl]

n.  怪人; 狂人

COCA.27619

牛津词典

noun

• 怪人；狂人
  a strange or crazy person

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (喜剧)荒唐可笑的，怪诞的
  Screwballcomedy is silly and eccentric in an amusing and harmless way.
  1. ...a remake of a '50s classic screwball comedy.
     一部 20 世纪 50 年代经典怪诞喜剧的翻拍
• 怪人;疯子
  If you say that someone is ascrewball, you mean that they do strange or crazy things.

英英释义

noun

• a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
• a whimsically eccentric person
  Synonym:crackpotcranknutnut casefruitcake

adj

• foolish
  1. a crazy scheme
  2. half-baked ideas
  3. a screwball proposal without a prayer of working
  Synonym:crazyhalf-bakedsoftheaded

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