cretin

FREQ #21145

n. 呆小病患者 [医] 呆小病者, 愚侏病者, 克汀病者

发音

UK /ˈkɹɛtɪn/
其它
US /ˈkɹiːtɪn/
US /ˈkɹɛtɪn/

词形变化

cretins 复数 cretins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.

    古体 医学
  2. 2.

    An idiot.

    贬义 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

idiot moron imbecile retard half-wit changeling

上位词 2

simple simpleton

词源

From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.

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