aliterate

a. 厌倦读书的 n. 厌倦读书的人

发音

/eɪˈlɪtəɹət/

词形变化

aliterates 复数 aliterates more aliterate 比较级 most aliterate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.

    Mark Twain famously said, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read"; more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

ignoramus Know-Nothing

词源

From a- + literate.

来源：wiktionary