simpleton
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sim·ple·ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/ noun [countable] old-fashioned STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTsomeone who has a very low level of intelligence 智力低下的人，傻子，蠢人Examples from the Corpus
simpleton• He did not in the least wish the future Mrs Newland Archer to be a simpleton.• Like some bloody simpleton he was being drawn in.• The merest simpleton could draw the conclusion.• The courts accept that ordinary readers are not literal-minded simpletons.Origin simpleton (1600-1700) simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington)sim·ple·ton nounChineseSyllable
has level very Corpus a who someone low
simpleton
sim‧ple‧ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/
noun [countable] old-fashioned
sim‧ple‧ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/
noun [countable] old-fashioned Word Family: noun: simplicity, simplification, simpleton; adverb: simply, simplistically; adjective: simple, simplistic; verb: simplify
Date: 1600-1700
Origin: simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington)
someone who has a very low level of intelligence
Origin: simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington)