imbecile

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmbəˈsiːl/    美 /ˈɪmbəsɪl/|/ˈɪmbəsəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child. obsolete
    — It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
  2. A fool, an idiot. derogatory
    — VLADIMIR: Because he wouldn't save them. / ESTRAGON: From hell? / VLADIMIR: Imbecile! From death.
形容词 adj.
  1. Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak. dated
    — hospitals for the imbecile and insane

词形变化

imbeciles plural more imbecile comparative most imbecile superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
imbecilely imbecilic imbecilification imbecilism imbecility

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.
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