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ignoramus

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ig·no·ra·mus /ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/ noun (plural ignoramuses) [countable] old-fashioned  NOT KNOWsomeone who does not know about things that most people know about 无知的人,愚人
Examples from the Corpus
ignoramusTo think otherwise, it seems, is to reveal oneself as an ignoramus who does not know enough characters.You are not an ignoramus if you have never heard of marsanne, roussanne and viognier.She also tried hard to revive interest in Idomeneo, thus proving that she was no musical ignoramus.Andrew Jackson, the first president from the western frontier, was unjustly accused of bigamy and derided as an unschooled ignoramus.Edward the Eighth, you ignoramus.
Origin ignoramus (1500-1600) Latin we do not know, from ignorare; → IGNORE
ig·no·ra·mus nounChineseSyllable
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ignoramus
ignoramus /ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/ noun (plural ignoramuses) [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'we do not know', from ignorare; ignore
someone who does not know about things that most people know about


ig·nor·amusBrE /ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪɡnəˈreɪməs/ 🔊 noun (usually humorous) a person who does not have much knowledge 无知识的人When it comes to music, I'm a complete ignoramus. 说到音乐,我完全是个门外汉。🔊🔊