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炫学者,自夸学者的人,空谈家

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pedant \Ped"ant\, n. [F. p['e]dant, It. pedante, fr. Gr. ? to
   instruct, from pai^s boy. See {Pedagogue}.]
   1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] --Dryden.

            A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. --Shak.

   2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain
      display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
      --Addison.

            A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pedant
     n : a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
         learning than they merit [syn: {bookworm}, {scholastic}]