donnish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a university don. UK
    — The proctor was a gentlemanly, straight-forward looking man of about thirty, not at all donnish, and his address answered to his appearance.
  2. Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
    — The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.

词形变化

more donnish comparative most donnish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
donnishly donnishness undonnish

词源

From don (professor) + -ish.
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