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screwball [ˈskruˌbɔl]

n. 曲线球,怪人,略带神经病的人;
adj. 怪僻的,奇妙的,精神有点怪的;
复数:: screwballs

例句:

  • Yet movies about married people proved enduringly popular from kitchen-sink melodramas to screwball comedies.
    来自WSJ
  • He is a bluffer , and a screwball, a kind of freak.
    他是个吹牛家,是个怪物, 是个畸形人.
  • 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.
  • Should you find such Jack - the - lad design over - the - top , you will be offered screwball design instead.
    一旦你发现这种 高层 建筑物的设计过度泛滥,那么稀奇古怪的设计随后将会取而代之.
  • Whether brilliant or a screwball nobody ever knew.
    来自J. Steinbeck
  • The decade's most distinctive creation, however, may be the screwball comedy.
    来自NEWYORKER