英语词汇“imbecile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

im·be·cile

(ĭmbə-sĭl, -səl)

1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid.

2. A person with moderate to severe intellectual disability having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

[From obsolete French imbécille, weak, feeble, from Old French, from Latin imbēcillus : in-, not; see IN–¹ + possibly bacillum, staff, diminutive of baculum, rod; see bak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

im′be·cilic (-sĭlĭk) adv.

单词	imbecile
释义	im·be·cile (ĭmbə-sĭl, -səl) n. 1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid. 2. A person with moderate to severe intellectual disability having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive. [From obsolete French imbécille, weak, feeble, from Old French, from Latin imbēcillus : in-, not; see IN–¹ + possibly bacillum, staff, diminutive of baculum, rod; see bak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] im′be·cilic (-sĭlĭk) adv.
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