| 单词 | autodidact |
| 释义 | autodidact (once / 168848 pages) n If you're an autodidact you've done most of your learning on your own, outside of school. Having learned Greek and Latin, as well as landscape painting and auto repair, without any formal training makes you quite the autodidact. Auto- means "self" and "didact" comes from the Greek word for "teach," so an autodidact is a person who's self-taught. Being the autodidact that you are, instead of calling the plumber you bought some manuals and began to learn the trade yourself. You should learn scuba diving next, now that your apartment is underwater. WORD FAMILYautodidact: autodidactic, autodidacts USAGE EXAMPLESAuthor, diplomat, autodidact, university founder, polyglot, governor, president — and also slaveholder. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) In isolated Paulie, Georgia, he’s a distinctly odd figure, a socially awkward autodidact who meditated and read obsessively in his cell. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) Linklater, the happy autodidact, is the least referential director of his generation; happy to be himself and no one else. The Guardian(Oct 31, 2016) n a person who has taught himself Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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