wonk

[俚]书呆子, 死用功的学生

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词形变化

wonks 复数 wonks wonks 三单 wonking 现在分词 wonked 过去式 wonked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An overly studious person, particularly a student.

    贬义 非正式
  2. 2.

    A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.

    非正式 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To cram for exams.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

nerd grind dweeb swot

上位词 4

student scholar learner assimilator

相关短语

wonk out policy wonk

词源

American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popularized in the Clinton administration, 1993. Origin uncertain, possibly from wonky (“shaky, unreliable”) or wank, wanker or simply expressive.

来源：wiktionary