lucubration
/ˌljuːkjuːˈbreɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- formal study; meditation〈正式〉刻苦研究; 冥思苦想:
after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account.
经过16年的钻研, 他推出了这份报告。
1.1
- count noun(常作lucubrations)a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or over-elaborate one学究气的作品; 内容繁复的著作。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin lucubratio(n-), from the verb lucubrare (see LUCUBRATE).