1640s, probably a jocular formation from simple and -ton, suffix extracted from surnames. Compare skimmington, personification of an ill-used spouse, c. 1600.
雙語例句
1. "But Ian's such a simpleton", she laughed.
“可是伊恩太傻了，”她笑著說道。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The veriest simpleton knows that.
最笨的呆子也知道這點(diǎn).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
他是個(gè)無名之輩，頭腦簡單的政客。
來自辭典例句
4. You big simpleton, how can anyone deceive the eye.
你這個(gè)大傻瓜, 誰能夠騙眼睛呢?
來自辭典例句
5. He tells of a Cuban fisherman who is a simpleton.