「小傻瓜英文」小傻瓜英文版…
一说到傻瓜脑海中跳出的第一个词是不是fool?那你还知道其他形容傻瓜的词吗?我们一起来看看都有哪些,下次怼人的时候再也不怕词穷了。
dunce
傻瓜、差生
The followers of Scottish theologian and scholar Duns were considered enemies of learning by 16th-century humanists and reformers, who referred to them as ‘dunces’. So if classroom or scholarly foolishness is the sticking point, then dunce is the right word for you.
苏格兰神学家和学者Duns的追随者被16世纪的人文主义者和改革者认为是学习的敌人,这些改革者称他们为“愚人”。所以,如果课堂表现不佳或学业不精是表达的关键,那么dunce就是合适的词。
ignoramus
无知者
‘Ignoramus’ was the endorsement given by a grand jury when they considered the prosecution’s evidence for an indictment not sufficient to warrant the case going modern sense of ignoramus may come from the name of a character in George Ruggle’s 1615 comedy Ignoramus, which satirizes the ignorance of lawyers.
“Ignoramus”是大陪审团在认为控方的证据不足以继续起诉时所给出的标注。现代意义上Ignoramus的含义可能来自于1615年George Ruggle的喜剧电影《Ignoramus》中一个角色的名字,来讽刺律师的无知。
dullard
笨蛋;愚人
Not only foolish, but also dull!Dullard comes from the Middle Dutch word dullaert.
这个词不仅代表了愚蠢,还有无趣的意思!dullard这个词来自于古荷兰语dullaert。
drongo
傻瓜,笨蛋
A loanword from Malagasy, this Australian and New Zealand English word refers either to a variety of songbird or to a stupid or incompetent person.
这是一个来自马达加斯加的外来词,这个澳大利亚和新西兰的英语单词一般是指各种鸣禽或是一个愚蠢或不称职的人。
klutz
笨手笨脚的人
From the Yiddish word klots, meaning ‘wooden block’, klutz refers to someone who is clumsy, awkward, or foolish. Yiddish has been a particularly fertile source of these words, including schmuck, putz, and schlemiel.
这个词来自意第绪语单词klots,klots的意思是木块。klutz指的是一个不灵巧、笨拙或愚蠢的人。意第绪语中表示愚笨的词汇很丰富,包括schmuck笨蛋,putz傻瓜,schlemiel倒霉蛋等。
nincompoop
傻子,笨人
Nothing stings quite like this playground insult. Say it out loud to yourself –hear how hurtful those syllables are?
没有任何伤害比这样的侮辱更伤人。试试看自己大声说一说这个单词,听听这些音节有多伤人?
blockhead
木头人;笨蛋
The OED puts it best: ‘A wooden head, a wooden block for hats or wigs; hence, a head with no more intelligence in it than one of these, a blockish head.
《牛津英语词典》的解释最为恰当:“一个用于放帽子或假发的木制的头。因此,形容这种脑袋中放不下才智,含义为愚蠢的人。
dunderhead
笨蛋;傻瓜
Blockhead is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ‘head’ name-calling. There’s also the wonderful-sounding dunderhead, and a score of others, including chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, airhead, and pinhead.
blockhead只是用于骂人的,含有“head”这个词的词汇中的冰山一角。还有听起来似乎还不错的dunderhead智商低,甚至还有许许多多其他词汇,包括chucklehead傻瓜,knucklehead蠢货,muttonhead笨蛋,pudding-head呆头呆脑,thickhead呆子,airhead呆瓜和pinhead 没头脑。
dumbo
傻瓜
This term, which comes from the simple combination of dumb+ o, was popularized in the 1950s by the Disney film Dumbo. Poor cartoon elephants!
这一项,来自dumb + o的简单组合,在1950年代因迪斯尼电影《小飞象》而流行开来。可怜的卡通小象!
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