screwy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Crazy; silly; ridiculous informal
    — That's a screwy idea; I am not going to fly all the way to Antarctica just to see a penguin!
  2. Tipsy; slightly drunk. archaic,informal
    — "A tipsy man," said Spearman, "is generally noisy ; and I confess I was screwy on Wednesday."
  3. Exacting; extortionate; close. archaic
  4. Worthless. archaic
    — I saw my hearty out of the yard, with his pink peeping out of his Macintosh, on his screwy old black horse, and I heard from my fair waiter that he had been vaunting that he would lick us all into fits.

词形变化

screwier comparative more screwy comparative screwiest superlative most screwy superlative

词汇关系

相关词
have a screw loose screwball screw up

词源

From screw + -y. 1820, original meaning “tipsy, slightly drunk”; meaning “crazy, ridiculous” first recorded 1887.
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