英 [ˈdɒnɪʃ] 美 [ˈdɑːnɪʃ]
adj. 学究式的；装模作样的；象大学学监一样的
donnish /ˈdɒnɪʃ/
形容词 of or resembling a university don 像大学导师一样的
... donkeywork 苦役 donnish 装模做样的 donnybrook 闹哄哄的殴斗 ...
... well-read 博览群书的 highbrow 文化修养高的... donnish 像大学学监一样的...
... 象刺一样的thornlike 象大肠菌的coliform 象大学宿舍的学监一样的donnish ...
学究式的；装模作样的；象大学学监一样的
He has a somewhat donnish air about him.
他身上有点学究气。
He is a devout Catholic with mild, donnish quirks. He writes haiku poems and reads Shakespeare for pleasure.
虽然是一名虔诚的天主教徒，他却有着儒雅的学究气息，平日不但写写俳句而且乐于阅读莎士比亚的书籍。
She knew he was being playful in his donnish way and she was surprised that he could take the whole affair so lightly .
她知道， 他是以专家学者的派头故意装出幽默的样子； 她感到惊奇的是， 他竟然把这一事态看得如此轻松。
Browne, 53, is a donnish, Cambridge-educated oil engineer who loves the opera, smokes Cuban cigars and collects Mapplethorpe photographs (of flowers, he is quick to point out) and 18th-century English furniture.
The donnish barb was understandable, but quite wrong.