English Dictionary

daft

IPA（発音記号）

/dɑːft/

形容詞

イギリス英語 くだけた表現 廃用

(chiefly Britain, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid. / (chiefly Britain, informal) Crazy, insane, mad. / (obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild.

日本語の意味

（主に英国口語）愚か、ばかげた、馬鹿な / （主に英国口語）狂っている、正気でない、頭がおかしい / （古い用法）穏やか、柔和、従順

It was a daft idea to try fixing the roof in a storm.

嵐の中で屋根を修理しようとするのは愚かな考えだった。

意味（1）

(chiefly Britain, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

a daft idea

意味（2）

(chiefly Britain, informal) Crazy, insane, mad.

Ow, he is just a wood harum-scarum creature, that wad never take to his studies;—daft, sir, clean daft. / […] / [W]owff—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae; it's a common case—the ae half of the warld thinks t'other daft. I have met with folks in my day, that thought I was daft mysell;[…] / I cannot make out a word of his cursed brogue, said the Cumbrian justice; can you, neighbour—eh? What can he mean by deft? / He means mad, said the party appealed to, thrown off his guard by impatience of this protracted discussion.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild.

There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.

dafter （ comparative ）

daftest （ superlative ）