• n. 理論家；受過高等教育的人；書呆子

字面意思即學(xué)究，聰明絕頂。

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

那位知識(shí)分子上個(gè)月發(fā)表了一個(gè)新的物質(zhì)論.

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

盡管她愛好閱讀,但她不認(rèn)為自己是個(gè)書呆子.

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3. You solved the problem in 5 minutes. You are a real egghead!

你5分鐘就解出這道題了, 真是聰明!

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4. You are a real egghead!

你真是個(gè)書呆子!

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