英语词汇“cretin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cretin

/ˈkrɛtɪn

noun

1 informal, offensive A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

2 Medicine, dated A person who is physically deformed and has learning difficulties because of congenital thyroid deficiency.This congenital hypothyroidism, unlike the neurological cretin, is amenable to treatment with thyroid hormones.

Derivatives

cretinism

noun ...

It is a kind of baroque apotheosis of geopolitical cretinism.
It is called cretinism and it is characterised by inaction.
There is a kind of infantilism, a kind of cultural cretinism, which has flourished in areas of Scotland.

cretinous

adjective ...

Or maybe the cretinous slob is confusing criticism with genocide.
But the cretinous behaviour of the few can never take away from the happy and celebratory atmosphere engendered by the many.
Anonymous bloggers often allow cretinous behavior in their comments sections.

cretinously

adverb

cretinize

(also cretinise) verb

Origin

Late 18th century: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin 'Christian' (from Latin Christianus), here used to mean 'human being', apparently as a reminder that, though deformed, cretins were human and not beasts.

Cretin is now a term of abuse, but was originally a medical term for a person physically and mentally handicapped as a result of congenital thyroid deficiency. The word is from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin ‘Christian’, used to mean ‘human creature’ but in this context with a compassionate sense of ‘poor fellow’. Thyroid problems were once common in the Alps, where the soil lacks essential iodine.

单词	cretin
释义	cretin /ˈkrɛtɪn / noun 1 informal, offensive A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse). 2 Medicine, dated A person who is physically deformed and has learning difficulties because of congenital thyroid deficiency.This congenital hypothyroidism, unlike the neurological cretin, is amenable to treatment with thyroid hormones. Derivatives cretinism noun ... It is a kind of baroque apotheosis of geopolitical cretinism. It is called cretinism and it is characterised by inaction. There is a kind of infantilism, a kind of cultural cretinism, which has flourished in areas of Scotland. cretinous adjective ... Or maybe the cretinous slob is confusing criticism with genocide. But the cretinous behaviour of the few can never take away from the happy and celebratory atmosphere engendered by the many. Anonymous bloggers often allow cretinous behavior in their comments sections. cretinously adverb cretinize (also cretinise) verb Origin Late 18th century: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin 'Christian' (from Latin Christianus), here used to mean 'human being', apparently as a reminder that, though deformed, cretins were human and not beasts. Cretin is now a term of abuse, but was originally a medical term for a person physically and mentally handicapped as a result of congenital thyroid deficiency. The word is from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin ‘Christian’, used to mean ‘human creature’ but in this context with a compassionate sense of ‘poor fellow’. Thyroid problems were once common in the Alps, where the soil lacks essential iodine.
随便看	look on look one's age look on the black side look on the bright side look (or be) slippy look (or feel) (like) a million dollars look (or glare) daggers at look (or hark) who's talking look out lookout Lookout Mountain look-over look-see look sharp look small look smart look someone in the eye (or face) look someone up look someone up and down look something out look something up look the other way look the part look to one's laurels look to the future