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    If you call someone pea-brained, you are saying they are stupid — as if their brain were as small as a pea. It is a rude, informal insult, not a careful or scientific word.

    If you call someone pea-brained如果你說某人pea-brained you are saying they are stupid意思是說他很笨 as if their brain were as small as a pea好像他的腦袋只有豌豆那麼大 It is a rude, informal insult這是個粗魯、口語的罵人話 not a careful or scientific word不是什麼嚴謹或科學的說法

    People spit it out when they are angry, or when they make fun of a foolish plan: 'That was a pea-brained idea.' Though actually it is not only for people. You can call a decision pea-brained too, meaning the idea itself is silly.

    People spit it out when they are angry生氣的時候大家會脫口而出 or when they make fun of a foolish plan或是在嘲笑一個愚蠢的計畫時說 'That was a pea-brained idea.'像是「那真是個pea-brained的點子」 Though actually it is not only for people不過其實這不只能用在人身上 You can call a decision pea-brained too你也可以說一個決定是pea-brained meaning the idea itself is silly意思是這個想法本身很蠢

    It paints a picture rather than giving a fair judgement, so it sounds like a slap, not like a teacher's note. You will hear it in casual speech and in stories.

    It paints a picture rather than giving a fair judgement它畫出一個畫面,而不是公平的評斷 so it sounds like a slap, not like a teacher's note聽起來像一巴掌,不像老師的評語 You will hear it in casual speech and in stories你會在口語和故事裡聽到它

    You should not use it about a , a little , or anyone sitting next to you if you want to be kind.

    if you want to be kind如果你想友善一點 You should not use it about a classmate, a little brother, or anyone sitting next to you就不該拿它來說同學、弟弟,或坐在你旁邊的人

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組成pea + brained. A pea is a very small round seed; -brained means 'having that kind of brain', so the picture is a brain as small as a pea.

同家族的字

  • peathe tiny seed used as the picture of a small brain
  • brainthe second half; the mind the insult is aimed at
  • bird-brainedthe same -brained pattern, another informal word for stupid

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。