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donnish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++don·nish /ˈdɒnɪʃ $ ˈdɑːnɪʃ/ adjective British English  INTELLIGENTclever, serious, and more interested in ideas than real life 书生气的,学究气的
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donnishThe film took a firm course through its vast subject, avoiding the rocks of donnish rancour.
don·nish adjectiveChineseSyllable
more serious, interested and clever, than Corpus in ideas real


donnish
donnish /ˈdɒnɪʃ $ ˈdɑːnɪʃ/ adjective British English
clever, serious, and more interested in ideas than real life


don·nishBrE /ˈdɒnɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɑːnɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective (BrE) (usually of a man 通常指男人) serious and concerned with academic rather than practical matters 学究式的He has a somewhat donnish air about him. 他身上有点学究气。🔊🔊