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egghead

/eg-hed/US // ˈɛgˌhɛd //UK // (ˈɛɡˌhɛd) //

书呆子,书生,蛋头,蛋头人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang: Usually Disparaging.

    • : an intellectual.

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Examples

  • He made an easy target, the know-it-all liberal egghead who demeaned the wisdom of the American people.

  • “Belligerent egghead” has rarely been a winning brand in presidential politics.

  • That's something that egghead liberals are supposed to be guilty of.

  • Nobody wanted to hand a plum invasion spot to some fat egghead from a snooty rag, he crabbed.

  • Gore was painted as an egghead, and was, but again Southern-ness diluted the cocktail a bit.

  • Well, the first time we met him of course we all thought he was so-called egghead, or whatever words you want to use.

  • "You know, Miss Shaw, this isn't just the roughneck's scorn for the egghead," Travis said.

  • My egghead Psi expert was barely able to restrain himself—he had some bitter things to tell me.

  • He needed and wanted the products of scientific research, but he had a vague fear of the scientist—the "egghead."

  • On the porch was the Egghead feeding ice cream to Mimi Lafontaine.