bookish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʊkɪʃ/|[ˈbɵkɪʃ]    美 /ˈbʊkɪʃ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
    — From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. […] This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.
  2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
    — Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical reasons, […]

词形变化

more bookish comparative most bookish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
bookishly bookishness nonbookish overbookish unbookish
相关词
comic-bookish nerd

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English bookish
From book + -ish.
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