idiot

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n. 白痴, 极蠢之人 [医] 白痴者, 痴子

发音

UK /ˈɪdiət/
US /ˈɪdiət/
/ˈɪd͡ʒət/

词形变化

idiots 复数 idiots more idiot 比较级 most idiot 最高级

别名

eediot ideot idjut ijit nidiot idjit idget eejit

教材释义与例句

名词

笨蛋，傻瓜；白痴

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A person of low general intelligence.

    白痴

    傻子

    蠢货

    傻瓜

    笨蛋

    蠢材

    呆子

    死蠢

    戆鸠

    贬义

    Only an idiot would fail this exam.

    After failing a hat-trick of exams, the teacher called him an idiot.

  2. 2.

    A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

    贬义

    He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.

    We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.

  3. 3.

    A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

    废旧 医学 心理学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Idiotic, stupid.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

moron imbecile retard cretin half-wit changeling

上位词 2

simple simpleton

相关短语

idiot board 提词板 idiot box n. 电视机 idiot savant n. <法>低能特才者 idiot mittens idiot light （汽车仪表盘上的）提示灯, 警告灯, 傻瓜报警灯(用来提醒油快耗尽等) idiot boards idiot lights idiot boxes idiot card idiot cards idiot sheet idiot sheets idiot string idiot strings

词源

From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot.

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