dolt

FREQ #32302

n. 呆子, 笨蛋, 傻瓜

发音

UK /dɒlt/
/dəʊlt/
/dɔʊlt/
US /doʊlt/

词形变化

dolts 复数 dolts dolted dolting dolts 三单 dolting 现在分词 dolted 过去式 dolted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

    贬义
v.
  1. 1.

    To behave foolishly.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To fool; to trick

词汇关系

词源

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.

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