extremely silly; not logical and sensible 荒谬的；荒唐的；怪诞不经的 That uniform makes the guards look absurd. 警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。 Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea. 那当然不合乎事实，这个想法太荒唐了！
Extra ExamplesShe found the whole concept faintly absurd. 她觉得整个观念有点儿滑稽可笑。 Such beliefs are patently absurd. 这样的信仰显然很荒唐。 Don't be absurd! Why would he want to do a thing like that? 别荒唐了！他为什么要做这样的事？ I must say I felt faintly absurd. 我必须说我觉得有点荒谬。 It's absurd to suggest that I'm being unprofessional. 暗示我不专业是荒谬的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
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- a sense of the absurd
- the absurdnoun [singular]
things that are or that seem to be absurd 荒诞的事物；悖理的东西
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’.