dunce's cap

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ˈdunce’s cap noun [countable]  SHSESa tall pointed hat that a stupid student had to wear in school in the past 笨蛋帽〔旧时劣等生必须在学校戴的尖顶高帽〕

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dunce's cap• Goddess becomes Aunt Sally, crown a dunce's cap, when all is done.• A dunce's cap for the Chancellor?

ˈdunce’s cap nounChineseSyllable  

hat pointed tall a stupid a Corpus that

dunce's cap
ˈdunce’s cap noun [countable]
a tall pointed hat that a stupid student had to wear in school in the past

dunce's capBrE /ˈdʌnsɪz kæp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌnsɪz kæp/ 🔊 (NAmE also ˈdunce cap) nouna pointed hat that was sometimes given in the past to a child in a class at school who was slow to learn （旧时有时给学习迟缓学生戴的）笨蛋圆锥帽