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zany

/zey-nee/US // ˈzeɪ ni //UK // (ˈzeɪnɪ) //

扎尼,扎尼的,扎尼特,诙谐

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    za·ni·er, za·ni·est.

    • : ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural za·nies.

    • : one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
    • : a comically wild or eccentric person.
    • : a secondary stock character in old comedies who mimicked his master.
    • : a professional buffoon; clown.
    • : a silly person; simpleton.
    • : a slavish attendant or follower.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Stretch your legs at the Big Badlands Overlook and the Saddle Pass Trailhead before grabbing lunch at Wall Drug, a zany roadside attraction that’s been a piece of South Dakota history for 90 years.

  • In recent years, scientists studying the effect of light on brain function have confirmed some of Cook’s zanier intuitions.

  • In what may be its zaniest gambit yet, IKEA has launched an audiobook.

  • With US regulatory boards making it easier for new products to reach the market during the coronavirus emergency, a slew of solutions—from zany to ingenious—have become available.

  • A remembrance of the zany, ad-libbing actor who made us laugh and cry.

  • The proliferation of zany burger toppings came next as an inevitable by-product of the high-end burger fad.

  • It was the zany TV interview he conducted with Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS-TV that made him an instant viral celebrity.

  • Look at her zany appearance with Dave Letterman about tweeting on Ambien for proof of that.

  • Aside from the zany plot, the film stretches the bounds of realism thanks to its bloody zombie kills.

  • Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.

  • He knew that so long as he obeyed orders he would be unharmed, and he would have been a zany had he hesitated to do so.

  • The youth never doubted that he would carry out this threat, and he would have been a zany to draw the explosion of wrath.

  • Oh, you selfish young zany of a man, after all you have said to her, won't you make it up and let me return to my coffee?

  • The alabaster image of the Blessed Virgin kept turning to a paper thing, kept nodding at him like a zany.