gullible

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/    美 /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
    — They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.
形容词 adj.
  1. Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
    — Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.

词形变化

more gullible comparative most gullible superlative gullibles plural

词源

词源 1
Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.
词源 2
Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.
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