如何高级又委婉地表达“你很蠢”？_BEC初级作文

如何高级又委婉地表达“你很蠢”？

很显然，cretinize来自于古代单词cretin。Cretin现在通常用来指代“愚蠢的、粗俗的、迟钝的人”，但其最初的含义是“呆小症”（一种遗传畸形，现在用cretin来指代这种遗传病是很不礼貌的）。

3. Blinkard (n.)

Definition: a stupid, slow-witted, or obtuse person

释义：蠢人，呆子，头脑迟钝的人

The original meaning of blinkard was “one that blinks with or as if with weak eyes,” which soon added the pejorative meaning listed above. If you are a person who blinks often please accept our apologies for the English language, which can on occasion be needlessly cruel.

Blinkard本来的意思是指“眯着眼睛的弱视者或像弱视一样眯着眼睛的人”，不久后又包含了“笨人、蠢人”这层贬义。如果你是一个经常眯眼睛的人，我替英语向你表示歉意，它有时太过“毒舌”了。

4. Dunderheaded (adj.)

Definition: being a dunderhead

释义：蠢的，笨的

What is a dunder, and why do we use this word to insult people in a somewhat mild fashion? Alas, this is but one more unknowable in a long line of things that etymology has not yet figured out. It may come from the Dutch word for “thunder” (donder), but no one is sure about that. What we are sure about is that there are a great number of words for “stupid” or “stupid person” ending in -headed or head. A partial list includes the following: airhead, blockhead, bonehead, bullhead, bubblehead, buffle-headed, butthead, chucklehead, deadhead, fathead, flathead, hammerhead, heavy-headed, idleheaded, ironhead, jolt-headed, jughead, knucklehead, loggerheaded, lunkhead, meathead, muddlehead, pinhead, pinheaded, ramhead, saphead, sheepheaded, sheepshead, thickhead, and wooden-headed.