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单词 zany
释义
zanyza‧ny /ˈzeɪni/ adjective (comparative zanier, superlative zaniest) Word Origin
WORD ORIGINzany
Origin:
1500-1600 Italian zanni type of clown, from Giovanni ‘John’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a zany new TV comedy
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Anyway, one teacher's idea of a brilliantly zany lesson might be another teacher's idea of a classroom nightmare.
  • Does this all sound a bit, uh, zany?
  • It seems hardly a week goes by anymore without yet another report of zany results of affirmative action in action.
  • Odd, of course, a bit zany, but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays.
  • Parents can change this by really listening to the sometimes zany, idiosyncratic ideas our children have about books.
  • They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience, a house group, Seventies revivalists.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 zany comedian Vic Reeves
crazy or unusual in a way that is amusing:  zany comedian Vic Reeves
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