scatterbrain: a person who is always losing or forgetting things and think in organized way.指的是思想不集中或者健忘的人,就可以来形容我们常说的“马大哈”“糊涂虫”。
What a scatterbrain! He forgot to plug in the printer but said it didn't work.
真是个糊涂虫! 他忘了给打印机插电,却说咖啡机坏了。
plug in:接通电源,把插头插进插座。
Is the coffee maker plugged in?
咖啡机接通电源了吗?
plug除了动词词性,还可以做名词,插头、插座(=socket)。
a three-pin plug:三相插头
Kris is such a scatterbrain that she even forgot it was her own birthday today.
Kris真是个糊涂虫,竟然忘记了今天是自己的生日。
scatterbrained是其形容词形式,思想不集中的、健忘的。
Though everyone thought he a was scatterbrained boy, he was actually quite astute.
虽然所有人都认为他是个粗心大意的孩子,但实际上他相当机敏。
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