egghead

n. 理论家；受过高等教育的人；书呆子

n.

有知识者，受过高等教育的人，理论家；书呆子；

变形

复数：eggheads

英英释义

egghead[ 'eɡhed ]

n.an intellectual; a very studious and academic person

"in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Jake didn't make very good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead.
杰克在学校里成绩平平，但他的姐姐很有学问。

I'm tired of listening to that egghead.
我厌烦听那个书呆子讲话。

Mr Reed is an egghead, he can't do anything.
里德先生是个书呆子,他什么事也做不了。

The eggheads at the university know nothing about business.
大学的饱学之士对做生意一窍不通。

权威例句

egghead (n.)

also egg-head, 1907, "bald person," from egg (n.) + head (n.). Sense of "intellectual" is attested from 1918, among Chicago newspapermen; popularized by U.S. syndicated columnist Stewart Alsop in 1952 in reference to Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign.

Adlai Stevenson once told what it was like to be the rare intellectual in politics. "Via ovicapitum dura est," he said, the way of the egghead is hard. [New York Times, Oct. 28, 1982]

1. In spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead .

尽管她爱好阅读，但她不认为自己是个书呆子。

2. I have to tell you that since he went off to college, Bill has turned into a real egghead.

我得告诉你，比尔上了大学后，他真是变成了一个书生气十足的人。

3. An "egghead" is an annoyingly intelligent person, so-called because smart people are thought to have larger heads which look like upside-down eggs.

“蛋头”用来描述一个极为讨厌的聪明人，说他是蛋是因为大家觉得聪明人的头都比常人大，而且看起来像是倒置的蛋。

4. An "egghead" is an annoyingly intelligent person, so-called because smart people are thought to have larger heads which look like upside-down eggs.

“蛋头”用来描述一个极为讨厌的聪明人，说他是蛋是因为大家觉得聪明人的头都比常人大，而且看起来像是倒置的蛋。

5. An options-theory egghead who swapped maths for mammon, Mr Bookstaber spent much of the1980 s and1990 s as a“ quant”( designer of mathematical models), and later as a senior risk manager, at Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers.

作为一个用数学换取财富的期权理论家，布克斯多布作为一个理学专家（学模型设计者）之后是高级风险经理在摩根斯坦利和萨洛蒙兄弟银行度过了在20世纪80和90年代的大部分时间。

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6. That egghead publish a new theory of matter last month

那位知识分子上个月发表了一个新的物质论

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考

7. That egghead published a new theory of matter last month.

那位知识分子上个月发表了一个新的物质论。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. Delegations from the United Nations, every possible kind of egghead, politicians, the Pope--all sorts of people tuned to them, welcomed them, warned them, sent messages of world-shaking importance--and those lousy bastards...!

联合国代表团啦，形形色色的学问家啦，政客啦，教皇啦——各种各样的人都向他们涌来，欢迎他们，警告他们，发出震撼世界的重要消息，而这些讨厌的臭爬虫……!

-- 来源 -- 英汉非文学 - 科幻 - kehuan-bukezhansheng

9. I have to tell you that since he went off to college, Bill has turned into a real egghead.

他说：我得告诉你，比尔上了大学后，他真是变成了一个书生气十足的人。

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