Pedant
[ 'pɛdnt ]
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n. <贬>卖弄学问的人，学究，书呆子;
💡 词根助记
ped教育+ant人→钻研教育的人→学究式人物
📝 例句
He's an old pedant.
他是个老学究。
He's a bit of a pedant.
这人有点迂。
a captious pedant; an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor.
吹毛求疵的学究；过分苛求、吹毛求疵的导师。
He is a perfect type of pedant.
他是个十足的书呆子典型。
Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.
会上人人都是语言乏味的空谈家。
🌱 联想助记
【记】ped-脚,ant-蚂蚁:用脚踩到了蚂蚁,因为走路看书不看路→书呆子
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pedant
n
(derog 贬)
1 person who attaches too much importance to detail or to rules, esp when learning or teaching 学究; 书呆子.
2 person who values academic knowledge and likes to display his learning 卖弄学问的人.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pedәnt]n. 自夸学问的人, 空谈家, 书呆子
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The gap between the poor and the rich seems to be growing every day.
贫富悬殊好像与日俱增。
Who is the auther of this biography?
谁是这篇传记的作者？
Betty and Susan are talking on the telephone.
贝蒂和苏珊正在通电话。