marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
donnish 片语
片语
lah-de-dah装腔作势的;装模作样的(等于la-di-da)
pedantic迂腐的;学究式的;卖弄学问的;假装学者的
donnish 例句
英汉例句
she knew he was being playful in his donnish way and she was surprised that he could take the whole affair so lightly .
她知道,他是以专家学者的派头故意装出幽默的样子;她感到惊奇的是,他竟然把这一事态看得如此轻松。
juvenile antarctic octopuses, speckled brown, mauve and orange, look like exquisitely carved netsuke ornaments, perfectly proportioned and endearing for their donnish domed 「heads」.