| 释义 |
pedant/ˈped(ə)nt/n. 1 a person who insists on strict adherence to formal rules or literal meaning at the expense of a wider view 书呆子 2 a person who rates academic learning or technical knowledge above everything 学究 3 a person who is obsessed by a theory; a doctrinaire 空谈理论的人，教条主义者 □ pedantic /piˈdæntik/ adj.□ pedantically /piˈdæntik(ə)li/ adv.□ pedantize v. intr. & tr. (also 亦作 -ise)□ pedantry n. (pl. -ies)[French pédant from Italian pedante: apparently formed as PEDAGOGUE] |