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bookish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++book·ish /ˈbʊkɪʃ/ adjective  STUDYREADsomeone who is bookish is more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities 嗜书的,好读书的,书呆子气的 a shy bookish man 一个腼腆的书呆子
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bookishAnthony Hopkins plays a bookish billionaire with a head full of unused facts.Fanshawe was not a bookish child, however.It should surely be essential for every school, library and bookish home in the country.This is a further indication of the influence of bookish language on the spoken style.bookish languageNor is he an old-fashioned, bookish poet with antiquarian tendencies like Tennyson.Arthur Frommer is a bookish sort of guy.Bill was the studious, bookish type.All the witches who'd lived in her cottage were bookish types.
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bookish
bookish /ˈbʊkɪʃ/ adjective
someone who is bookish is more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities:
    a shy bookish man


book·ishBrE /ˈbʊkɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʊkɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective (often disapproving) interested in reading and studying, rather than in more active or practical things 书呆子气的;学究似的