1640s, probably a jocular formation from simple and -ton, suffix extracted from surnames. Compare skimmington, personification of an ill-used spouse, c. 1600.
双语例句
1. "But Ian's such a simpleton", she laughed.
“可是伊恩太傻了，”她笑着说道。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The veriest simpleton knows that.
最笨的呆子也知道这点.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
他是个无名之辈，头脑简单的政客。
来自辞典例句
4. You big simpleton, how can anyone deceive the eye.
你这个大傻瓜, 谁能够骗眼睛呢?
来自辞典例句
5. He tells of a Cuban fisherman who is a simpleton.