formed in English c. 1600, from pedant + -ic. The French equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes." Related: Pedantical (1580s); pedantically.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
他的講座學(xué)究氣太濃，沒(méi)意思。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.
他很博學(xué), 但既不妄自尊大也不賣弄學(xué)問(wèn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed.