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单词 idiot savant
释义

idiot savant

noun

idiot sa·​vant ˈi-dē-ət-sə-ˈvänt How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) -ˈvant How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) ˈē-ˌdyō-sä-ˈväⁿ How to pronounce idiot savant (audio)
plural idiots savants ˈi-dē-əts-sə-ˈvänt(s) How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) -ˈvant(s) How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) ˈē-ˌdyō-sä-ˈväⁿ(z) How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) or idiot savants ˈē-ˌdyō-sä-ˈväⁿ(z) How to pronounce idiot savant (audio)
1
dated, now offensive : savant sense 2
2
: a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But while there’s a veneer of innocence to these home movies—an air of the idiot savant’s capacity to unwittingly capture a glimpse of profundity—their most powerful valence is not one of innocence but of self-effacing knowledge. Leslie Jamison, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2020 On the one hand, this understanding of AI as an idiot savant is perfectly sensible. James Vincent, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2018 Similarly, Yang's character Jian Yang is portrayed as an idiot savant, a mostly silent character there for Erlich (T.J. Miller, who was fired from the show) to mock. Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2018

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, learned idiot

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

idiot savant

noun

idiot sa·​vant ˈē-ˌdyō-sä-ˈväⁿ; ˈid-ē-ət-sə-ˈvänt, -ˈvant How to pronounce idiot savant (audio)
plural idiots savants -ˌdyō-sä-ˈväⁿ(z); -əts-sə-ˈvänt(s), -ˈvant(s) How to pronounce idiot savant (audio) or idiot savants
dated, now offensive : savant
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