老学究 meaning in English
old pedant
Examples
- He ' s an academic ; a bookworm
他是个老学究，书虫 - The father superior would make the assignments , perhaps giving the illuminated first page of a section to the most skilled artist , perhaps assigning the proofreading tasks to the elderly scholar with trembling hands
修道院的长老可能会把每个段落前有插图的那一页交给技术最好的画家去处理，而把校对的工作交给那些手已经不断发抖的那些老学究。