Word · Frequency #37847
egghead
知识分子；学究
核心释义
非正式，常含贬义，指过分专注学术、不谙世事的人
an intellectual or very studious and academic person
- 1.
秃头。
A bald head.
- 2.
知识分子；非常好学的人
an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
秃头；光头；秃头。；知识分子；非常好学的人；有知识的人；受过高等教育的人
用法In use
My cousin is a real egghead — he spends his weekends reading science magazines for fun.
用法提示：egghead 作名词，指一门心思读书、很有学问的人。
The kids at school called him an egghead because he always knew the answers first.
用法提示：egghead 用作名词，指被同学看作只会读书做学问的人。
She may look like a typical egghead, but she is also a great basketball player.
用法提示：egghead 作名词，表示爱钻研学问的知识分子。
in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead
be (a bit of) an egghead
常带贬义或调侃，指过分专注于书本知识的人。
He's a bit of an egghead, always reading thick novels.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be dismissed as an egghead
- 被讥为书呆子；被贬为只懂理论的学究
- He was dismissed as an egghead who had never held a real job.他被讥为从没做过实际工作的学究。
- a bunch of eggheads
- 一群书呆子（贬义，指脱离实际的知识分子）
- Voters saw them as a bunch of eggheads who didn't understand ordinary people.选民把他们看作一群不懂普通人的书呆子。
- the egghead elite
- （贬义）自命高明的知识精英
- The governor liked to attack the egghead elite in Washington.这位州长喜欢抨击华盛顿的知识精英。
- shed one's egghead image
- 摆脱书呆子形象
- The party spent years trying to shed its egghead image.这个政党花了多年时间试图摆脱书呆子形象。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记法：egg（蛋）+ head（头）——脑袋光得像颗鸡蛋，就是秃头；也可想象这颗“蛋头”里装满学问，指爱读书的知识分子。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：政治评论、新闻专栏、日常口语调侃 egghead 指爱钻研的知识分子或学究，通常带一点调侃甚至轻微贬义，多用于政治评论、新闻专栏这类面向大众的报道，以及日常口语中的玩笑话；在正式学术写作里一般不用。
语法说明Grammar Note
该词的两个义项（“秃头”与“知识分子”）在语法上没有差别，只能靠上下文判断具体所指。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
共同点：这些词的末音节都是 /hɛd/，在末音节上押韵。注意主重音都在第一部分（如 RED-head、AIR-head），不要读成两个重音。易混点：head 的拼写是 ea，但读 /ɛ/，不要读成 /hiːd/。
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