“scatter、brain”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

scatter-brain

释义

ˈscatter-brain
[f. scatter v. + brain n. Cf. the earlier shatterbrain.]
One who is incapable of serious connected thought; a thoughtless, giddy person.
1790Cowper Let. 31 July Wks. 1836 VI. 324 Though I have seen you but once,..I have found out that you are a scatter-brain.1898Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home xii. 284 The generality of these scapegraces are simply scatter-brains.
So ˈscatter-brained a., that is a scatter-brain; characteristic of a scatter-brain.
[1747: cf. scattered-brained s.v. scattered ppl. a. 6.]1804Currie in Creevey Papers (1904) I. i. 30 A scatter-brained fellow.1866Carlyle Remin. I. 122 A cheerful scatter-brained creature.

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