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pedant

英 ['ped(ə)nt] 美 ['pɛdnt]

解释

n. 学究；书呆子；卖弄学问的人；空谈家

※ 提供单词"pedant"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

pedant 迂夫子，学究

来自意大利语pedante,老师，学究，可能来自pedagogue.

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. He's a bit of a pedant.: 这人有点迂.

2. I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression.: 我不是书呆子，不想在英语语法和表达方式上过于教条主义。

3. A man of talent is one thing , and a pedant another.: 有才能的人和卖弄学问的人是不一样的.

4. Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.: 会上人人都是语言乏味的空谈家.

5. He is a perfect type of pedant.: 他是个十足的书呆子典型.