pointy-headed
adjective US informal mainly disapproving (also pointy headed) uk/ˌpɔɪn.tiˈhed.ɪd/ us/ˌpɔɪn.t̬iˈhed.ɪd/
有知识的,书生气十足的(有轻蔑嘲笑的意味)
intelligent and interested in studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort, usually in a way that other people find annoying
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.
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- 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?