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pedant

n.学究式人物

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ped=child(儿童)

pedant


/'pednt; `pɛdnt/
n (derog 贬)
1 person who attaches too much importance to detail or to rules, esp when learning or teaching 学究; 书呆子.
2 person who values academic knowledge and likes to display his learning 卖弄学问的人.

pedant


n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from Latin paedagogus; PEDAGOGY]
someone who pays too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details, especially someone who criticizes other people in an extremely annoying way
 'That's not exactly what it means.' 'Pedant.'
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