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“呆子,傻瓜,无知者”,起源于1570年代,前身为1520年代的 Duns disciple,Duns man,指追随苏格兰哲学家和神学家小约翰·斯科托(约1265-1308)的人,据称他在伯威克的 Duns 出生,其追随者或 Scotists 在宗教改革前掌控着大学。到了1520年代,人文主义者反对中世纪神学,将斯科托视为瓢虫式的学者代表,此后该术语因其在哲学上的顽固或纠结的对手而作为一种通用的耻辱用语,到1570年代被泛指任何愚笨的学生。在1792年我们发现了 Dunce's cap(可与 foolscap 进行比较)。
John Duns Scotus, whose once accepted writings were ridiculed in the 16th century
The first known use of dunce was in 1567
dutch1 of 3adverb
with each person paying his or her own way
went dutch to the movies
Dutch2 of 3adjective
of or relating to the Netherlands, its inhabitants, or their language
Dutch3 of 3noun
the Germanic language of the Netherlands
Dutch plural the people of the Netherlands
disfavor entry 1 sense 2, trouble entry 2
was in Dutch with the teacher
dust1 of 2noun
fine dry powdery particles (as of earth)
a fine powder
the powdery remains of bodies once alive
something worthless
the surface of the ground
dust2 of 2verb
to make free of dust : brush or wipe away dust
dusted the living room
to sprinkle with dust or as a dust dust insecticide on plants
dust a pan with flour
dustyadjective
filled or covered with dust
resembling dust
dusty soil
duskyadjective
somewhat dark in color
somewhat dark : dim
a dusky room
duncenoun
a mentally dull or stupid person
1 In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn't get it is a dunce.
2 He was holding a dunce cap—an honest-to-goodness cardboard cone that said dunce.
3 Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.
迈克尔在数学上可能不太灵光,但在语言方面很有天赋。
4 She also lambasted a Tribune editorial cartoon from earlier this year that depicted Lewis in the corner of a classroom wearing a dunce cap.
5 Instead, Fake Leo put the top of the dunce cap to his mouth like a megaphone and yelled, “CUT!”
6 This present was a dunce’s cap, rather like a pharaoh’s serpent, which you lit at the top end.
7 Mr. Ince, while careful to pepper the show with jokes, is mostly happy to be the facilitator of conversation, and his thoughtful, open-minded questions belie his self-described status as the show’s dunce.
8 A funnel of mosquitoes, like an inverted dunce cap, whined over her head.
9 “I do think that,” she said, “and that’s why I’m feeling like such a dunce right now.”
10 Then adopts the barrel voice of a dunce: "I'm thinking of taking a year off to go to France and write a Great American Novel."
11 And the manufacturers and importers and salesmen down on their knees, repenting in public, conical paper hats like dunce hats on their heads, shame printed on them in red.
12 Almost everywhere I looked the dunce caps appeared, and I filled a bag in less than an hour.
13 Does my deep engagement with the novel’s central character, Holly Sykes, make me a dunce or just gullible?
14 What dunce shot himself with a T-shirt cannon?
15 I was there, keeping my head down, eating fish and chips, drinking beer and observing the effects of this confederacy of murderous dunces, the splinter groups, grudge bearers and criminal hell-raisers of the purest ignorance.
16 There’s a head wearing a dunce hat and “Ally” is written underneath.
17 Simpson suggested Clark was something more than a dunce, but the show basically got a free pass at the time.
18 Oliver, who is a dunce of a wizard, is a terrific character; Wayne and Megan, not so much.
19 A pestilence on the witless little dunce!
该死的蠢丫头!
20 “That’s fine, Elijah, but don’t be counting on Cooter to go with you. Schoolteacher Travis just come by and said the boy’s acting the dunce at school again.”
1 愚笨的人
2 蠢人
dip ass balloon idiot noodle jerk clown plank dummy donkey boob nana goon spud jackass clunk goop crackpot cluck clod knucklehead divvy oaf langer dullard fathead cuddy dunderhead drongo fribble gowk bubblehead clodhopper goofus squarehead josser stupe omadhaun feather-brain clodpole mouth-breather a right one nong Charlie pillock plonker oik galoot dingbat DIP fool goat moron muff softie nit turkey lump ape gorilla dumbbell bugger mutt buffoon charlie dumbo doofus duffer prat flibbertigibbet
4 笨蛋
stupid fool silly Turkey mug sap noodle goose poop plank lug dummy COD mule boob meatball arse yo-yo cunt joker muppet dipstick mutt dildo chump twit clunk wally alec twerp twat cluck bozo clod dumbo cretin nutcase pinhead bonehead schlemiel duffer nitwit mook dimwit meathead dipshit ninny dullard schmo nincompoop cuddy putz palooka numbskull lummox dunderhead galah berk nit simp nong bogan noddy halfwit chucklehead dumbhead lunkhead poon pillock dum-dum butthead thickhead birdbrain lamebrain damfool squarehead dumb-bell thicko wazzock shitkicker stupe schlump tomfool muttonhead numpty knobhead juggins twonk nyaff asshat boofhead mouth-breather pea-brain pudding-head silly billy bottle and glass shit for brains dill goop Charlie wooden-head mutton-head knucklehead fat-head prat josser flat-head block wet ass spoon jerk clot donkey moron prick goof booby jackass Wally Alec simpleton schmuck arsehole dolt coot numskull a right one dip fuck turkey lump idiot clown git dick dumbbell dope tit sod goon fucker buffoon dickhead wanker goofball schlep charlie deadhead dingbat troglodyte tosser airhead doofus ignoramus blockhead fathead fuckface schnook plonker
5 劣等生
6 笨人
woodenhead an ass dodunk mess fool noodle lobster muff zany chump gawk loggerhead simpleton pinhead softie coot gosling gawky ninny nincompoop noddy lunkhead sawney moke looby foozle clodhopper ninnyhammer mopoke joskin oxhead clodpate sawny malthorse merry-andrew softhead woodhead thickhead muttonhead tom nobody pudding head bone top dry hole