dunce cap

1. The greatest novelist of the19th Century, Sir Walter Scott, was given the title of "king of blockheads" and was made to wear a dunce cap for a whole month.
   19世纪最伟大的小说家之一，沃尔特·斯科特先生，曾被人称为“傻子之王”，并被戴上了象征劣等生的帽子，整整戴了一个月。
2. But if you don't have friends by the time you're an adult, it seems the world hands you a dunce cap and shows you to the corner.
   但是如果成年了的你还没有任何朋友，似乎是这世界给了你一顶傻瓜帽，然后你戴着它站在墙角。
3. He is beaten, spit upon and forced to wear a dunce cap.
   他被暴打，被人往身上吐唾沫，被强迫戴上高帽。

noun

1. a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils

   Synonym:    dunce's capfool's cap