also egg-head, 1907, "bald person," from egg (n.) + head (n.). Sense of "intellectual" is attested from 1918, among Chicago newspapermen; popularized by U.S. syndicated columnist Stewart Alsop in 1952 in reference to Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign.
Adlai Stevenson once told what it was like to be the rare intellectual in politics. "Via ovicapitum dura est," he said, the way of the egghead is hard. [New York Times, Oct. 28, 1982]
双语例句
1. That egghead published a new theory of matter last month.
那位知识分子上个月发表了一个新的物质论.
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2. In spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead.
尽管她爱好阅读,但她不认为自己是个书呆子.
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3. You solved the problem in 5 minutes. You are a real egghead!
