It is very impolite to call others a dunce. 叫别人蠢材是不礼貌的。
A stupid person; a dunce. 笨蛋愚蠢的人;迟钝的学习者
I was a dunce at chemistry. 我在化学方面是个劣等生。
dunce
[ noun ] a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence <noun.person>
Dunce \Dunce\, n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase ``a Duns man''. See Note below.] One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
I never knew this town without dunces of figure. --Swift.
Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival of learning they were violently opposed to classical studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one slow at learning, a dullard.
He once directed a reporter to sit in a corner and wear a dunce cap.
After one purge, he was jailed, called a "capitalist roader" and paraded through Beijing wearing a dunce cap.