- (informal)
a very stupid person 蠢人；笨蛋 When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot. 我丢了护照时觉得自己像个大傻瓜。 Not that switch, you idiot! 不是那个开关，你这个蠢货！
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1He was giggling like a drunken idiot. 他咯咯发笑，像个喝醉酒的白痴。 He's made a complete idiot of himself over this woman! 他因为这个女人出尽了洋相！ I felt (like) a complete idiot, standing there in front of all those people! 站在那么多人面前，我感觉自己像个十足的白痴！ She called me an idiot. 她骂我是个白痴。 She knew she was acting like an idiot. 她知道自己表现得像个白痴。 What stupid idiot left their shoes on the stairs? 哪个蠢蛋把鞋子丢在楼梯上了？ I just stood there like an idiot with my mouth open. 我就像个白痴一样张着嘴站在那儿。 I realized I was dealing with a bunch of idiots. 我意识到我在和一群白痴打交道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- babbling
- big
- blithering
- …
- be
- feel
- feel like
- …
- make an idiot of yourself
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a person with very low intelligence who cannot think or behave normally 白痴 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- babbling
- big
- blithering
- …
- be
- feel
- feel like
- …
- make an idiot of yourself
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a person of low intelligence): via Old French from Latin idiota ‘ignorant person’, from Greek idiōtēs ‘private person, layman, ignorant person’, from idios ‘own, private’.