simpleton

🇬🇧 UK/'simpltәn/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A foolish or simple-minded person who lacks common sense

笨蛋,傻瓜

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
simpletonother
=simpleton

Common Collocations

  • 1.utter simpleton十足的傻瓜
  • 2.[complete simpleton]彻头彻尾的蠢货
  • 3.play the simpleton装傻充愣
  • 4.treat someone like a simpleton把某人当傻瓜对待

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Only a simpleton would believe everything they read on the internet.

  • 2.

    The con artist preyed on simpletons who were too trusting to question his scheme.

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