| 单词 | book-pedant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook-pedant (a) attributive. Derived from, existing, or grounded (only) in books; bookish, literary, highbrow; unworldly, impractical, as book-astronomer, book-pedant, etc.See also book-farmer n., book-farming n., book-ledger n. at Compounds 3, book Latin n., book learning n. ΚΠ lOE Laws of Cnut (Corpus Cambr. 383) ii. xxxviii. §2. 338 Godcunde bote sece man georne & symble be boctale [OE Nero boctæcinge], & woruldbote sece man be woruldlage. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell i. 2 To bee a Sedentary Traveller only, penn'd up between Wals, and to stand poring all day upon a Map,..is like him, who thought to come to bee a good Fencer, by looking on Agrippa's book-postures only. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 105. ¶7 The Book-Pedant is much the most supportable; he has at least an exercised Understanding. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iii. i. 146 Delambre finds in it [sc. Phaenomena] evidence that Euclid was merely a book-astronomer, who had never observed the heavens. 1913 Science 6 June 855/1 The necessity..has encouraged cram-quiz book methods and put a premium on an ability to answer questions. 2000 HR Mag. Nov. 115/2 It is nice if the instructor has some real-world experience, not just book experience. < as lemmas |
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