also block-head, "stupid person," 1540s (implied in blockheaded), from block (n.) + head (n.); probably originally an image of the head-shaped oaken block used by hat-makers, though the insulting sense is the older one.
双语例句
1. That blockhead delivered the wrong box!
那个笨蛋送错了盒子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. He could never speak quite patiently to the old blockhead.
他实在无法很耐心地对这个老笨蛋说话.
来自辞典例句
3. He was rather a blockhead.
他是个不折不扣的傻子.
来自辞典例句
4. Why didn't you tell me earlier, you blockhead!
你干嘛不早告诉我, 你这木头脑瓜!
来自辞典例句
5. Though I have been always a blockhead, I have not been always a rascal.
