| 单词 |
dunderhead |
| 释义 |
dunderhead|ˈdʌndərhɛd|
[The origin of dunder in this and the following words is obscure.
It may possibly be connected with dunner v. and n.1 (which also occur as dunder): cf also Sc. donner to stun as with a blow or loud noise: see donnered. Some association between dunder and blunder appears to be indicated by the change of Du. donderbus to blunderbuss.]
A ponderously stupid person; a blockhead, a numskull.
a1625Fletcher Elder Bro. ii. iv, Oh, thou dunderhead! Wouldst thou be ever in thy wife's Syntaxis? 1629Massinger Picture ii. i, Recover, dunder-head! a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Dunder-head, a dull heavy Creature. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. xxv, Shall I be called as many blockheads, numsculls, doddypoles, dunderheads..and other unsavoury appellations. 1894J. N. Maskelyne Sharps & Flats i. 6 There are so many dunderheads of all nationalities who can never realise the truth of that simple maxim.
Hence ˈdunderheadism, practical stupidity.
1846Poe Wks. (1864) III. 115 Utter and inconceivable dunderheadism. 1881Sala in Illustr. Lond. News 21 May 491 Bureaucratic and police dunderheadism. |
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