dunce

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dunce /dʌns/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  SESsomeone who is slow at learning things 〔学习〕迟钝的人，愚笨的人 the dunce of the class 这个班上的笨学生

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dunce• But women could be dunces too, in McCarthy's eyes.• And this, for golfing dunces, is one of the joys.• But because they looked like such retarded dunces, and women saw right through them.• He was still the school dunce.• My flaky judgments were modest by comparison-but numerous enough to keep me hopeful of regaining the dunce cap this year.• It shows just what dunces the Tories are when it comes to education.Origin dunce (1500-1600) John Duns Scotus (1266?-1308), Scottish religious thinker

dunce nounChinese  

slow at Corpus someone learning things is who

dunce
dunce /dʌns/ noun [countable] old-fashionedsomeone who is slow at learning things:
    the dunce of the class

dunceBrE /dʌns/ 🔊NAmE /dʌns/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a person, especially a child at school, who is stupid or slow to learn 愚笨的人；（尤指）迟钝的学生