rocket scientist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈrɒk.ɪt ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪst/ us/ˈrɑː.kɪt ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪst/
火箭科学家，火箭学家
someone who studies rockets
a retired rocket scientist 退休的火箭学家
聪明人
If you say that someone is not a rocket scientist, you mean that they are not very intelligent.
He's not exactly a rocket scientist. 他并不是那么聪明。
See: rocket science
- More examples
- I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out what you ought to do next.
- He spent about five years as a rocket scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- A pioneer rocket scientist whose career spanned five decades, Hunter joined Douglas Aircraft in 1944.
- "None of them are rocket scientists," said Johnson, noting that many of DiNunzio's predecessors were convicted, partly based on recordings of them saying foolish and incriminating things.
- They're not exactly rocket scientists.