simpleton
英 ['s?mp(?)lt(?)n]
美
- n. 傻子；笨蛋
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?simpletons;
中文詞源
simpleton 易上當(dāng)受騙的人
simple,簡單的，單純的，-ton,人，衍生自人名，如 Tony,Anthony.引申詞義易上當(dāng)受騙的人。
英文詞源
- simpleton (n.)
- 1640s, probably a jocular formation from simple and -ton, suffix extracted from surnames. Compare skimmington, personification of an ill-used spouse, c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. "But Ian's such a simpleton", she laughed.
- “可是伊恩太傻了，”她笑著說道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The veriest simpleton knows that.
- 最笨的呆子也知道這點(diǎn).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
- 他是個無名之輩，頭腦簡單的政客。
來自辭典例句
- 4. You big simpleton, how can anyone deceive the eye.
- 你這個大傻瓜, 誰能夠騙眼睛呢?
來自辭典例句
- 5. He tells of a Cuban fisherman who is a simpleton.
- 他講的是個愚蠢的古巴漁民.
來自辭典例句