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idiot
英 ['ɪdɪət]美 ['ɪdɪət]
n. 笨蛋，傻瓜；白癡
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記憶方法
1. 他(-t)是個白癡 => idiot. 媽媽(-m)教我學習成語、習語、方言 => idiom.2. idiot, idiom => 白癡他(-t, idiot)記不住習語.
3. 白癡(idiot)的他(t)記不住媽媽(m)教他的成語、習語(idiom)。
中文詞源
idiot 笨蛋
來自拉丁語idiota,無知的人，外行人，來自希臘語idios,個人的，自己的，詞源同idiom.引申詞義與世隔絕的人，不參與社會事務的人，最後指無知的人，笨蛋，傻瓜。
英語詞源
idiot
idiot: [13] The etymological idea underlying idiot is of a ‘private individual’. That is what Greek idiótēs (a derivative of ídios ‘personal, private’) originally meant. It was extended to the ordinary ‘common man’, particularly a lay person without any specialized knowledge, and so came to be used rather patronizingly for an ‘ignorant person’. It is this derogatory sense that has come down to English via Latin idiōta and Old French idiot.
=> idiosyncracy
idiot (n.)
early 14c., "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning;" also in Middle English "simple man, uneducated person, layman" (late 14c.), from Old French idiote "uneducated or ignorant person" (12c.), from Latin idiota "ordinary person, layman; outsider," in Late Latin "uneducated or ignorant person," from Greek idiotes "layman, person lacking professional skill" (opposed to writer, soldier, skilled workman), literally "private person (as opposed to one taking part in public affairs)," used patronizingly for "ignorant person," from idios "one's own" (see idiom).
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. [Mark Twain, c. 1882]Idiot box "television set" is from 1959; idiot light "dashboard warning signal" is attested from 1968. Idiot savant attested by 1870.
權威例句
1. He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot.
他當衆冷落她，讓她覺得自己像一個白癡似的。
2. The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.
劇本當初就是爲電視而寫的。
3. Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.
卡斯特是個白癡，是個殘暴的傢伙，他罪有應得。
4. "You must think I'm a real idiot."
“你一定覺得我簡直是個白癡。”
5. You're an idiot!
你是個白癡！
[ idiot 造句 ]
