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dunce

/duhns/US // dʌns //UK // (dʌns) //

傻子,蠢货,笨蛋,傻帽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounstupid person

Examples

  • This time, Super Duper Loser Kevin Dopart suggested perhaps a dunce cap, or a jester’s hat, with the title “Clowning Achievement.”

  • But such branding ostracizes that behavior, like the film should be forced to wear a dunce cap and publicly shamed in the corner.

  • The penalty for a miss is the same as in the sprint (Dunce Lap).

  • Like the pursuit, there are four stops for shooting, but in lieu of a Dunce Lap each miss adds a full minute to your total time.

  • If you miss you have to hit the 150m penalty loop, or as I like to call it, the Dunce Lap.

  • There are two shooting stops, one prone, one standing, Dunce Lap penalty for misses.

  • Pedantic, unimaginative and presumptuous, Theobald was the logical choice for a Dunce King in 1728.

  • Tyndale himself, who invented such beautiful words in his translations, was the first to use the word dunce.

  • I'm afraid from this you'll guess that I must have been a dunce at school myself.

  • Tutors I could get by shoals, but a fellow-dunce is inestimable.'

  • He had no mercy on a fool or a dunce, and turned in disgust from those who loved trifles and lies.