fatuous
英 ['f?tj??s]
美['f?t?u?s]
- adj. 愚笨的；昏庸的；發呆的；自滿的
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詞態變化
副詞:?fatuously;
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【記】fat + tu 音：土→又肥又土→愚昧形象
中文詞源
fatuous 愚蠢的
來自拉丁語fatuus, 愚蠢的，無味的。可能進一步來自PIE*bhat, 擊，打，詞源同beat, batten. 委婉語，腦子出問題的。
英文詞源
- fatuous
- fatuous: see fade
- fatuous (adj.)
- "foolish, stupid," 1530s, from Latin fatuus "foolish, insipid, silly;" which is of uncertain origin. Buck suggests originally "stricken" in the head. But de Vaan says from Proto-Italic *fatowo- "of speech," from the PIE root of fame (n.).
[I]f we connect the fact that Fatuus is said to be an alternative name for , and that he predicted the future, and that this god is attested on an Etruscan mirror as Fatuvs in a clear oracular function (Weiss 2007b), we may venture a derivation from forfor 'to say' (Untermann 2000). The name of the god would then have come to be used pejoratively as 'silly'. [de Vaan]
Related: Fatuously; fatuousness.
雙語例句
- 1. The Chief was left speechless by this fatuous remark.
- 這句傻話讓主任一時說不出話來。
來自辭典例句
- 2. What a fatuous remark!
- 多么愚蠢的話 呀 !
來自辭典例句
- 3. Why did the fatuous King send him into exile?
- 昏庸的楚王為什么把屈原流放了?
來自互聯網
- 4. Television commercials seem more smug and fatuous than ever.
- 電視的廣告似乎比以前更沾沾自喜和愚蠢.
來自互聯網
- 5. He seems to take pride in fatuous remarks.
- 說起這番蠢話來,他似乎還挺得意.
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