pedant
英['ped(?)nt]
美['p?dnt]
- n. 學究；書呆子；賣弄學問的人；空談家
詞態變化
復數:?pedants;
中文詞源
pedant 迂夫子，學究
來自意大利語pedante,老師，學究，可能來自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.
雙語例句
- 1. He's a bit of a pedant.
- 這人有點迂.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression.
- 我不是書呆子，不想在英語語法和表達方式上過于教條主義。
來自辭典例句
- 3. A man of talent is one thing , and a pedant another.
- 有才能的人和賣弄學問的人是不一樣的.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.
- 會上人人都是語言乏味的空談家.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He is a perfect type of pedant.
- 他是個十足的書呆子典型.
來自辭典例句