half-wit

英式音标：['hɑ:fwɪt]

美式音标：[ˈhæfˌwɪt, ˈhɑf-]

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概况：

n. 弱智者；笨蛋

词义：

n.

愚蠢低能的人，笨蛋，傻瓜；

变形

复数：half-wits

英英释义

half-wit[ 'hɑ:fwit ]

n.

a person of subnormal intelligence

同义词：idiotimbecilecretinmoronchangelingretard

a stupid incompetent person

同义词：dimwitnitwitdoofus

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I can see with half an eye that John is a foolishman.
我一看就知道约翰是个笨蛋。

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。

权威例句

Quaeries #5: The Sensitivity Work-Shoppe

Half-life measurements of excited states in Tb 161 , Yb 177 and Hf 179 ☆

Human Acid-Labile Subunit Deficiency: Clinical, Endocrine and Metabolic Consequences

Efavirenz: a review

Effect of exogenous hormones on leaf yellowing in cut flowering branches of Alstroemeria pelegrina L

Front Matter

HALF-LIFE MEASUREMENTS OF EXCITED STATES IN Tb$sup 161$, Yb$sup 177$ AND Hf$sup 17$$sup 9$

Kinetic characterisation of protease inhibitor binding to HIV-1 variants with decreased darunavir (TMC114) susceptibility

HALF-LIFE MEASUREMENTS OF EXCITED STATES IN Tb¹⁶¹, Yb¹⁷⁷ AND Hf¹⁷⁹

Changes in physiological and biomechanical variables in women practicing the Power Yoga system

同义词：turkey,subnormal,simple,put

英语词源：

half-wit (n.)

"simpleton" (one lacking all his wits), 1755, from half + wit (n.). Earlier "a would-be wit whose abilities are mediocre" (1670s).

Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light,We scarce could know they live, but that they bite.[Dryden, "All for Love"]

Phrase out of half wit "half out of one's mind" was in Middle English (late 14c.). Half-witted "lacking common sense" is from 1640s.

造句：

1. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a 19) half-wit .

狗有例行的放风，回来后看似更开心了，它显然是个傻瓜。

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2. Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are with the half- witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit .

有时我们倾向于把那些有一个半头脑和一半头脑的人分等级，因为我们欣赏的只是他们头脑的第三部分。

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3. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit.

狗儿每天按时出去放风，回来时就乐得不行，他明显是个弱智。

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4. The child was born a half-wit.

这个小孩生下来就是个弱智者。

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5. Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half-witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.

有时我们把难得聪明的人和愚笨的人归为一类，因为我们只能欣赏他们的三分之一的聪明。

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6. Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half-witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.

有时我们把难得聪明的人和愚笨的人归为一类，因为我们只能欣赏他们的三分之一的聪明。

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7. You half-wit, I asked for pepper, not paper.

你这个笨蛋,我是要胡椒,不是要纸。

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