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pointy-headed adjective USinformal mainly disapproving(alsopointy headed)uk /ˌpɔɪn.tiˈhed.ɪd/ us /ˌpɔɪn.t̬iˈhed.ɪd/ intelligent and interested in studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort, usually in a way that other people find annoying : 有知识的,书生气十足的(有轻蔑嘲笑的意味) Parents don't like it when pointy-headed academics tell them how to raise their kids.家长都不喜欢书呆子学者教他们如何养育孩子。 The hackers were initially assumed to be pointy-headed kids playing computer games in grown-up places. The other day she referred to me as a "pointy-headed so and so." There was always a pointy-headed expert hanging around work stations reminding people to defragment the hard disk. Is she the plucky and competent everywoman, ready to fight the pointy headed elites of Washington? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Intelligent people bluestocking bookish bookishly bookworm brain bright spark cerebral gnome intellect intellectual laureate longhair pretty sage scholar smart cookie smart-arse swot the intelligentsia wit |