English Dictionary

absent-minded professor

名詞

広義

A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. / (by extension) A person who tends to be oblivious to reality.

日本語の意味

学問に没頭するあまり、周囲の状況や現実を見失ってしまう典型的な（架空の）教授を表す。 / 比喩的に、現実に気づかずぼんやりしている人を指す。

The absent-minded professor walked into the lab clutching a stack of papers while his coffee cooled on the desk.

忘れっぽい教授は、コーヒーが机の上で冷めていくのも気にせず、書類の束を抱えて研究室に入って行った。

意味（1）

A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings.

An absent-minded professor, in going out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. In the confusion of the moment, he raised his hat, and exclaimed: I beg your pardon, Madam. Soon after, he stumbled against a lady in the street. In sudden recollection of his former mishap, he called out: Is that you again, you brute?

意味（2）

(by extension) A person who tends to be oblivious to reality.

Snapshot: Jimmy, a third-grader, is an absent-minded professor before his time. He forgets everything, from his lunch box in the morning, to his raincoat

absent-minded professors （ plural ）