英 [ˈskruːbɔːl] 美 [ˈskruːbɔːl]
n. 怪人；略带神经病的人；内曲线球
adj. 精神有点怪的；怪僻的
复数screwballs
screwball /ˈskruːˌbɔːl/
形容词 Screwball comedy is silly and eccentric in an amusing and harmless way. 荒唐可笑的
...a remake of a '50s classic screwball comedy.
...一部20世纪50年代经典怪诞喜剧的翻拍。
可数名词 If you say that someone is a screwball, you mean that they do strange or crazy things. 怪人
a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
foolish; totally unsound
a screwball proposal without a prayer of working
同义词： crazy / half-baked / softheaded
内曲线球，怪球
...带，黄色框框是捕手对你的指示，看到捕手的手指没，他出三个手指，就是叫你投3号球种(从下至上)，我的3号球种是螺旋球(SCREWBALL)，左边被黄色框框圈住的那个球就是了
... 精神抑制药psycholeptic 精神有点怪的screwball 精神有点失常的pixilated ...
... 右曲线球 Slice 内曲线球 inshoot ; screwball 外曲线球 outcurve ...
... screw 螺丝钉 screwball 曲线球 screwdriver 伏特加橙汁鸡蛋酒 ...
精神有点怪的；怪僻的
That screwball is wearing his shirt inside out.
那个怪人把他的衬衣反着穿。
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。
That's really the classic American screwball romantic comedy formula I was trying to find the middle path where people who understand classic romantic comedy would really respond to it, but it would appear fresh and new enough to appeal to a younger audience."
VOA : standard.2010.04.30
Bergman treats their impossible virtuousness as a species of screwball-comedy idiosyncrasy, and makes us believe in them.
Case in point: cold fusion, as well as other screwball free-energy schemes funded by corporations or governments.
Maybe this CEO is too much the screwball dreamer, like the previous CEO who flushed your money away.