formed in English c. 1600, from pedant + -ic. The French equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes." Related: Pedantical (1580s); pedantically.
双语例句
1. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
他的讲座学究气太浓，没意思。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.
他很博学, 但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed.
读死书会变成书呆子,甚至于成为书橱, 早有人反对过了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. In the discussion he often seemed petty and pedantic.
在交谈当中,他往往拘泥小节,咬文嚼字.
来自辞典例句
5. Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic.
