absurd
英 [?b's??d]
美[?b?s?d, -?z?d]
英英釋意
- 1. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense;
- "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
- 2. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense;
- "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
- "that's a cockeyed idea"
- "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
- "a contribution so small as to be laughable"
- "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
- "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
- "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"