cretin

🇺🇸 /ˈkriːtn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkretɪn/
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noun
R

A person who is considered very unintelligent.

Whoever left the gate open was a real cretin.

那个没关大门的人真是个白痴。

R

A person with severe intellectual disability due to a lack of thyroid hormone during childhood.

The term 'cretin' historically referred to individuals with this medical condition, but it is now considered offensive.

“克汀病”一词历史上指患有这种疾病的个体,但现在被认为是冒犯性的。

translation

n. 笨蛋, 克汀病患者

词形变化

Plural cretins