donnish

a. 象大学学监一样的, 学究式的

词形变化

more donnish 比较级 most donnish 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characteristic of a university don.

    英国
  2. 2.

    Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.

    The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

academic pedantic

近义相关 1

scholarly

词源

From don (professor) + -ish.

来源：wiktionary