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

• 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。
• Radio personality turns screwball on mission from god.
  播音员变疯子去完成神的使命。
• That guy's a complete screwball.
  那家伙纯粹是个疯子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You'll love chris& she's a real screwball!
  你会喜欢克莉丝的，她确实是个活宝！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。