英:['hɑ:fwɪt]
美:[ˈhæfˌwɪt, ˈhɑf-]
英:['hɑ:fwɪt]
美:[ˈhæfˌwɪt, ˈhɑf-]
half-witted (adj.), half-wittedly (adv.), half-wittedness (n.)
Noun
1. a person of subnormal intelligence
2. a stupid incompetent person
"simpleton"(一个缺乏所有智慧的人),1755年,来自 half + wit(名词)。早期指“一个想要成为机智的人,但能力平庸”(1670年代)。
Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light,
We scarce could know they live, but that they bite.
[Dryden, "All for Love"]
半疯子就像跳蚤一样,又小又轻,
我们几乎不知道它们存在,除非它们咬人。
[德莱顿,《为爱而生》]
短语 out of half wit “有点疯狂”在中古英语(14世纪晚期)中出现。Half-witted “缺乏常识”来自1640年代。
The first known use of half-wit was in 1607
half-witnoun
a foolish or unintelligent person
1 some half-wit had left the gate open, and all the sheep had gotten loose
2 even a half-wit knows that ice cream melts if it's not in the freezer
3 Aerial mishaps and half-wit actors turn a fantasy classic into a farce.
4 Beau’s brother, Peanut (Kevin Cahoon), a fraction of a half-wit, fires off bullet lists of random jokes for no apparent reason.
5 I can see with half an eye that John is a foolishman.
我一看就知道约翰是个笨蛋。
6 It has come down to us as Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which is still in print and is arguably the skeptic classic of the past half a century.
他认为自己的同行尽是些无知的笨蛋,而且毫无例外。
7 You half - wit, I asked for pepper, not paper.
你这个笨蛋, 我是要胡椒, 不是要纸.
1 愚蠢者
4 蠢货
horse's ass chinless wonder tool git nerd asshole dope prick bugger wally wanker twat clod schmuck divvy tosser arsehole schlub
5 傻瓜
horse's ass nut lemon fool ass turkey mug sap goose clot lug dummy dick dumbbell dope goon dipstick fucker booby jackass chump twit dickhead twerp nutter crackpot bozo clod charlie cretin nutcase pinhead dingbat divvy bonehead airhead oaf doofus dolt klutz nitwit blockhead dimwit ninny dullard fathead putz fuckwit dunderhead galah prat berk nit muggins numskull pillock birdbrain plonker thicko twirp peabrain silly billy
6 笨蛋
chinless wonder tool fool ass turkey idiot sap goose clot lug dick asshole moron prick tit retard arse bugger cunt mutt fucker booby jackass dork chump twit twerp bozo clod charlie schmuck pinhead knucklehead dingbat bonehead arsehole airhead doofus shithead dolt nitwit blockhead ninny dullard fathead nincompoop putz numbskull lummox fuckwit dunderhead galah berk numskull pillock birdbrain clodhopper plonker thicko twirp peabrain