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scientist

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sci·en·tist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable]  Hsomeone who works or is trained in science 科学家
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scientistThey're all scientists really, plus businessmen.The distinguished physicist, Sir Hermann Bondi, once described the sort of people who become scientists.They are problem solvers before they are computer scientists or animators.On four continents scientists have consumed the equivalent of billions of dollars trying to capture the dream.The splashing theory accounts for a number of facts scientists have learned about the moon.The greatest scientists have mixed insight amounting to genius with the most absurd follies at other times.The little wanderer called Sojourner ran into a big Mars rock Thursday and ended up with one wheel high, scientists reported.Some social scientists have conceptualised these workers in terms of a reserve army of labour.
sci·en·tist nounChineseSyllable
science someone is in or who works Corpus trained


scientist
scientist S3 W2 /ˈsaɪəntəst, ˈsaɪəntɪst/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: science, scientist; adverb: scientifically; adjective: scientificunscientific
someone who works or is trained in science


🔑 sci·en·tistBrE /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ 🔊 nouna person who studies one or more of the natural sciences (= for example, physics, chemistry and biology) 科学家a research scientist从事研究的科学家nuclear scientists核科学家scientists and engineers科学家和工程师the cartoon figure of the mad scientist working in his laboratory疯狂的科学家在实验室工作的卡通形象   see also computer scientist at computer science, political scientist, social scientist