单词 | simpleton |
释义 | simpletonWord family (noun) simplicity simplification simpleton (adjective) simple simplistic (verb) simplify (adverb) simply simplistically From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsimpletonsim‧ple‧ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/ noun [countable] old-fashionedSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTsomeone who has a very low level of intelligenceExamples from the Corpussimpleton• He did not in the least wish the future Mrs Newland Archer to be a simpleton.• Like some bloody simpleton he was being drawn in.• The merest simpleton could draw the conclusion.• The courts accept that ordinary readers are not literal-minded simpletons.Origin simpleton (1600-1700) simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington) |
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