Socrates seems to be the philosophical napkin with which the ensuing cultural thinkers of history wipe their mouths of pedantic ooze.
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n. 餐巾，餐巾纸;尿布;（女士）卫生巾;
💡 nap桌布+kin表名词，小 →餐巾
"He dabbed at the spot on his tie with a napkin."
他用餐巾快速擦去领带上的污点.
近义：serviette, nappy, diaper
n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
pedantic
[pɪ'dæntɪk]
adj. 卖弄学问的;学究式的，迂腐的;卖弄笔墨;
💡 ped(child)+antic(形容词后缀)→好卖弄学问的；迂腐的
"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.
近义：insolent, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, pedant, priggish
反义：humble, low, lowly, meek, mild, moderate
adj. 哲学上的，哲学（家）的;冷静的，沉着的;明达的;达观的;
"the philosophical writings of Kant"
康德的哲学论著
近义：ideologic, ideological, philosophic
adj. 文化的;教养的，修习的;耕作的，开垦的，栽培[培养]的;
"They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left."
它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产.
近义：humanizing, civilising, civilizing, cultured, edifying, educational
反义：artless, lurid, pedestrian, rank, banal, rough
vt. 擦，拭;擦去，消除;涂上;刷卡;
n. 擦，拭;抹布，毛巾;用力打;
vi. 擦，抹;打，揍;
💡 外婆”(谐音wipe)结他 擦眼泪
"Wipe your feet on the mat before you come in, please."
请在垫子上擦擦脚再进来。
近义：dry, obliterate, rase, blank, delete, efface
反义：hydrate, moisten, moisturise, moisturize, wet, bedew