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    numbskull

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++numb·skull, numskull /ˈnʌmskʌl/ noun [countable] informal  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTa very stupid person 蠢人，笨蛋 SYN idiot Look what you’ve done now, you numbskull! 看看你都干了些什么，你这个笨蛋！
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    numbskull• Yet somehow the delusion has taken hold that a commitment to democratic self-rule means coaxing apathetic numbskulls into voting.• She'd breezed through the courts, faking numbskull stupidity, and come out clean.
    numb·skull nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus very person stupid a


    numbskull
    numb‧skull , numskull /ˈnʌmskʌl/ noun [countable] informal
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: numb + skull
    a very stupid person
       SYN  idiot:
        Look what you’ve done now, you numbskull!


    numb·skull (also num·skull) BrE /ˈnʌmskʌl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnʌmskʌl/ 🔊 noun (informal) a stupid person 蠢人；笨蛋