moron


n. 傻瓜;痴愚者;笨人

n. (Moron)人名;(英)莫伦;(法、意、葡、匈)莫龙

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moron 笨蛋,蠢货

来自希腊语moron,笨蛋。带有强烈的感情色彩。

英文词源

moron (n.)
1910, medical Latin, from Greek (Attic) moron, neuter of moros "foolish, dull, sluggish, stupid," probably cognate with Sanskrit murah "idiotic." Latin morus "foolish" is a loan-word from Greek. Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition "adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;" used as an insult since 1922 and subsequently dropped from technical use. Linnæus had introduced morisis "idiocy."
The feeble-minded may be divided into: (1) Those who are totally arrested before the age of three so that they show the attainment of a two-year-old child or less; these are the idiots. (2) Those so retarded that they become permanently arrested between the ages of three and seven; these are imbeciles. (3) Those so retarded that they become arrested between the ages of seven and twelve; these were formerly called feeble-minded, the same term that is applied to the whole group. We are now proposing to call them morons, this word being the Greek for "fool." The English word "fool" as formerly used describes exactly this grade of child--one who is deficient in judgment or sense. [Henry H. Goddard, in Journal of Proceedings and Addresses" of the National Education Association of the United States, July 1910]

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1. You moron!
你这白痴!
来自柯林斯例句
2. I used to think that Gordon was a moron.
我曾以为戈登是个白痴。
来自辞典例句
3. He's an absolute moron!
他纯粹是个傻子!
来自辞典例句
4. You got something on your shirt . What's on your shirt? Moron!
你衬衣里有些东西. 那是什么? 蠢蛋!
来自电影对白
5. Maggie: He is a real scientist, moron. But he has a limo.
他是一个真正的科学家, 笨蛋. 但是他有一辆豪华轿车.
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