dunce

/dʌns/ (bre, ipa) · /dʌns/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdən(t)s How to pronounce dunce (audio)/ (ame, mw)

dunce — noun

  • duncesingular
  • duncesplural

1. someone, especially a schoolchild, who seems foolish because they do not underst

1.名詞C1
釋義

someone, especially a schoolchild, who seems foolish because they do not understand simple things quickly.

例句

After missing three easy questions, Minho felt like a dunce in science class.

feel like a dunce

The bully called Gabriel a dunce when he read the number upside down.

call someone a dunce

同義詞
  • fool

    a broader everyday insult that can refer to bad judgment as well as low intelligence

  • idiot

    a stronger and harsher insult in modern English

  • simpleton

    more old-fashioned and often used in a literary tone

反義詞
  • genius

    stresses exceptional intelligence rather than ordinary competence

  • bright student

    a neutral phrase for a learner who understands quickly

文法句型

be a dunce

feel like a dunce

call someone a dunce

用法筆記

Usually insulting and often used after an obvious mistake or when someone seems slow to understand something simple. It is more old-fashioned than idiot or fool, and commonly appears in patterns like feel like a dunce or call someone a dunce.

常見錯誤

❌He is very dunce.
✅He is a dunce.
💡Dunce is a countable noun, so it needs an article or another determiner.