boffin

boffin
noun
  1. (informal, chiefly Brit.)a person engaged in scientific or technical research
    (非正式,主 英)科技工作者,科研人员
    a computer boffin.
    计算机科学家。
    ■a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult
    (掌握复杂、艰深的学问或技术的) 专家
    he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer.
    他以税务专家、博学的律师而享有盛誉。
派生
boffiny
adjective
语源
  1. Second World War: of unknown origin
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