scatty

美 [ˈskæti]英 [ˈskæti]
  • adj.健忘的;傻乎乎的
scattyscatty

adj.

【不规则形式】scattier scattiest

BrE informal健忘的;傻乎乎的
tending to forget things and behave in a slightly silly way

scatty

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    ADJ-GRADED 健忘的;傻乎乎的
    If you describe someone as scatty, you mean that they often forget things or behave in a silly way.

    Her mother is scatty and absent-minded.

    她母亲糊里糊涂,丢三落四。

adj

1
lost in thought;showing preoccupation
an absent stare
an absentminded professor
the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
Synonym: absent absentminded abstracted
2
lacking sense or discretion
his rattlebrained crackpot ideas
how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcot
Synonym: rattlebrained rattlepated scatterbrained

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  1. Her mother is scatty and absent-minded .

    她母亲糊里糊涂,丢三落四。

  2. The noise made by the builders next door is driving me scatty .

    隔壁建筑工发出的噪音弄得我心烦意乱。

  3. Women better at finding the car keys than their scatty spouses .

    不过,女性在找车钥匙方面要比男性强。

  4. Your scatty son has forgotten his key again .

    你那儿子丢三落四又把钥匙给忘了。

  5. You are a bit scatty so you don 't check names on payslips before opening them .

    你有点笨,所以才没核实工资单上的名字就打开看。

  6. Or struggled to remember the name of an old acquaintance ? For years we 've accepted that a scatty brain is as much a part of ageing as wrinkles and grey hair . But now a new book suggests we 've got it all wrong .

    数年来我们以为脑功能下降和皱纹丛生、头发花白一样,是人类老去现象的组成部分,然而日前一部新书告诉我们一切都不是那么回事。