off-the-wall

英 [ɒf ðə wɔːl]

美 [ɔːf ðə wɔːl]

adj.  离奇可笑的; 稀奇古怪的; (人、思想、行为方式)疯狂的，愚蠢的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 稀奇古怪的；不同寻常的；搞怪的
  If you describe something asoff-the-wall, you mean that it is unusual and rather strange but in an amusing or interesting way.
  1. ...surreal off-the-wall humor.
     荒诞不经的超现实幽默
• ADJ-GRADED （人、思想、行为方式）疯狂的，愚蠢的
  If you say that a person, their ideas, or their ways of doing something areoff-the-wall, you are critical of them because you think they are mad or very foolish.
  1. It can be done without following some absurd, off-the-wall investment strategy.
     不用遵照那套荒唐愚蠢的投资策略也可以做到。

英英释义

adj

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  1. restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
  2. famed for his eccentric spelling
  3. a freakish combination of styles
  4. his off-the-wall antics
  5. the outlandish clothes of teenagers
  6. outre and affected stage antics
  Synonym:bizarreeccentricfreakishfreakyflakyflakeygonzooutlandishoutre

双语例句

• It can be done without following some absurd, off-the-wall investment strategy.
  不用遵照那套荒唐愚蠢的投资策略也可以做到。
• Sarah has some off-the-wall ideas.
  莎拉有一些稀奇古怪的想法。
• The idea seems off-the-wall, but it also seems to work.
  这一创意听起来有些匪夷所思，但也确实有效。
• Tony is an off-the-wall interior designer.
  托尼是一位风格独特的室内设计师。
• Unconventional, off-the-wall colleagues are more likely to be the source of fresh thinking and innovation, the authors argue, than those more orderly and respectable types who mainly reinforce the status quo.
  本书作者认为，不守传统、行为古怪的同事更有可能成为新鲜思想和创新的源泉，而那类更有条理、循规蹈矩的人，大多只是固守现状。