Word
knucklehead
蠢人; 用于表达对某人智力的低评价
a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
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a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
愚蠢的人；这些词用于表达对某人智力的低评价
愚蠢的人；这些词用于表达对某人智力的低评价；<美> 蠢人；傻瓜
In use
Don't be such a knucklehead; you should have checked the map before driving.
Some knucklehead left the freezer door open all night, and all the ice cream melted.
He felt like a real knucklehead after realizing he had been wearing mismatched shoes all day.
be a knucklehead
直接评判他人智力低下的常用说法。
Don't be a knucklehead.
别犯傻了。
call someone a knucklehead
表示用言语贬低某人智力。
Why did you call me a knucklehead?
你为什么叫我傻瓜？
you knucklehead
用作直接称呼，常带调侃或责备语气。
You knucklehead, you forgot your keys again!
你这个傻瓜，又把钥匙忘了！
Common mistakes
He is very knucklehead.He is a knucklehead.
knucklehead是名词，不能直接用作形容词；应加上冠词a并用作名词谓语。
He is knucklehead.He is a knucklehead.
可数名词单数前需要不定冠词a；缺少冠词是错误的。
Connections
Collocations
- call someone a knucklehead
- 骂某人蠢货
- My brother called me a knucklehead for forgetting his birthday.我哥哥因为我不记得他的生日而骂我蠢货。
- a knucklehead move
- 愚蠢的举动
- Leaving the stove on was a knucklehead move.忘了关炉子真是个愚蠢的举动。
- you knucklehead
- 你这个蠢货
- Stop hitting your sister, you knucklehead!别打你妹妹了，你这个蠢货！
- a bunch of knuckleheads
- 一群蠢货
- A bunch of knuckleheads left trash all over the beach.一群蠢货在海滩上到处扔垃圾。
- a real knucklehead
- 十足的蠢货
- He lost his keys again; he's a real knucklehead.他又把钥匙弄丢了，真是个十足的蠢货。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
knuckle（指关节）+head（头）：想象脑袋硬得像指关节、不会转弯，就是蠢人 knucklehead。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、friendly teasing knucklehead 通常用于非正式场合，常带有戏谑或轻微贬义，多出现在朋友或熟人之间的玩笑或吐槽中，语气不算正式严厉。
Grammar Note
常用于贬义，形容智力低下的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -head and rhyme with the -head of knucklehead /hed/. Note that the initial kn- in knucklehead is pronounced /n/, not /kn/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.