pedant
英 ['ped(?)nt]
美['p?dnt]
- n. 學(xué)究；書(shū)呆子；賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的人；空談家
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?pedants;
中文詞源
pedant 迂夫子，學(xué)究
來(lái)自意大利語(yǔ)pedante,老師，學(xué)究，可能來(lái)自pedagogue.
英文詞源
- pedant (n.)
- 1580s, "schoolmaster," from Middle French pédant (1560s) or directly from Italian pedante, literally "teacher, schoolmaster," of uncertain origin, apparently an alteration of Late Latin paedagogantem (nominative paedagogans), present participle of paedagogare (see pedagogue). Meaning "person who trumpets minor points of learning" first recorded 1590s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He's a bit of a pedant.
- 這人有點(diǎn)迂.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression.
- 我不是書(shū)呆子，不想在英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法和表達(dá)方式上過(guò)于教條主義。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. A man of talent is one thing , and a pedant another.
- 有才能的人和賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的人是不一樣的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.
- 會(huì)上人人都是語(yǔ)言乏味的空談家.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. He is a perfect type of pedant.
- 他是個(gè)十足的書(shū)呆子典型.
來(lái)自辭典例句