autodidact
/aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt/US // ˌɔ toʊˈdaɪ dækt, -daɪˈdækt //UK // (ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt) //
自学成才,自学成才者,自学成才的人,自学者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
Examples
She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.
Oswald was a left-wing autodidact who had defected to the Soviet Union.
Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself.
As a puff autodidact, it's taken me longer to figure them out than someone who's been formally trained.
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