physicist

Definitions

physic (nature/physics) + -ist (one who practices) = 'one who does physics.' Transparent agent noun. Don't confuse with physician (-ian), a medical doctor.

Common Collocations

• 1.theoretical physicist理论物理学家
• 2.nuclear physicist核物理学家
• 3.particle physicist粒子物理学家

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The physicist spent years searching for a single subatomic particle.

• 2.

  Einstein is the most famous physicist of the twentieth century.