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

双语例句

• The screwball is the most difficult breaking ball to pitch, as it goes against the natural arm motion of the pitch.
  螺旋球是最难投的变化球，因为它与胳膊在投球时的自然运动相反。
• Yet all the time Phil and Claire seem like the kind of people who don't belong in a screwball comedy.
  然而，菲尔和克莱尔始终不像是神经喜剧中的人。
• I never knew what a screwball be is until I met him.
  直到我见到他，我才知道他是一个多么古怪的人。
• In this screwball world, people performed kinds of absurd tragicomedy.
  在这样一个奇妙的世界中，人们上演着各种荒诞不经的悲喜剧。
• The screwball characteristic of quantum world will bring into play important effect in information subject, enable the information function of quantum information system break through the limit of classical information system.
  量子世界的奇妙特性将在信息学科发挥出重要作用，使量子信息系统的信息功能突破现有经典信息系统的极限。
• I think you need a screwball old horse cavalryman to command the3rd Army.
  我认为你需要一位骑兵老怪物来指挥第三军团。
• I don't want no part of that wacky dame. I'm looking for that other screwball.
  我不想抓这个疯癫的女人。我来找另外一个疯癫的。
• He starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.
  最初他因出演家庭喜剧而出名，后来凭借《费城》和《阿甘正传》获得极大成功。
• They pretend to be an absent couple in order to grab a reservation at a trendy restaurant, and two hit men assume they are that couple and topple them into a screwball comedy.
  为了抢得一家时髦餐馆里的预定位置，菲尔和克莱尔冒充了一对订位后却没来的夫妇，而两名杀手以为他俩就是订位的夫妇，因此使他俩卷入了一场神经喜剧。
• You'll love chris& she's a real screwball!
  你会喜欢克莉丝的，她确实是个活宝！