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单词 screwball
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
screw•ball /ˈskruˌbɔl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Slang Termsone who behaves very strangely;
    a kook:The scientist was such a screwball that nobody thought he would make so important a discovery.
  2. Sporta pitched baseball that turns toward the side from which it was thrown:A screwball bends opposite a curve ball.

adj. 
  1. Slang Termsodd or strange in behavior:You and your screwball ideas!

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
screw•ball  (skro̅o̅′bôl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Slang Termsan eccentric or whimsically eccentric person;
    a nut.
  2. Sport[Baseball.]a pitched ball that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.

adj. 
  1. Slang Termseccentric or whimsically eccentric:What a screwball idea!
  • 1865–70; 1935–40 for def. 2; screw + ball1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
screwball /ˈskruːˌbɔːl/ slang chiefly US Canadian n
  1. an odd or eccentric person
 adj
  1. odd; zany; eccentric
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