pedant
pedant 英 [ˈpednt] 美 [ˈpɛdnt]
n. 学究；书呆子；卖弄学问的人；空谈家
名词复数:pedants
- A pedant is an annoying person who is focused on minor details and book knowledge rather than ordinary common sense. In war, it can be dangerous to have a pedant as commander––he'll insist on textbook maneuvers instead of adapting to circumstances on the ground.
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- n. 学究；书呆子；卖弄学问的人；空谈家
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1. In this iteration of the tale, Peter Parker is a pedant with sweaty palms and weak posture.
在对故事的重述中，彼得帕克是一个有着爱出汗的手掌和虚弱姿态的书呆子。
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2. Ten years later, with the love of Marius in her heart, she would have answered: "A pedant, and insufferable to the sight!
十年以后，心里怀着对马吕斯的爱，她也许会回答：“书呆子气，真叫人受不了！
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3. Meanwhile, if any pedant, with an uncultivated heart and a theoretic ear, proposes to teach you to recite, send instantly for the police.
而在此期间，如果有个怀着庸俗心灵长着理论耳朵的学究打算教你朗诵，立即请人报警。
- pedant (n.) 1580s, "schoolmaster," from Middle French pédant (1560s) or directly from Italian pedante, literally "teacher, schoolmaster," of uncertain origin, apparently an alteration of Late Latin paedagogantem (nominative paedagogans), present participle of paedagogare (see pedagogue). Meaning "person who trumpets minor points of learning" first recorded 1590s.
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