nitwit

FREQ #23605

n. 笨人, 傻子

发音

US /ˈnɪtwɪt/
其它

词形变化

nitwits 复数 nitwits

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scatterbrained or stupid person.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

doofus dimwit half-wit

上位词 2

simple simpleton

词源

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialect form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.

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