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A dork is someone you think is silly, awkward, or — the clothes, the jokes, or the way they care too much about something that is not fashionable. It is informal American English, the kind of word teenagers and sitcoms use. It can be .
A dork is someone you think is silly, awkward, or uncooldork是你覺得傻氣、笨拙、或不時髦的人 the clothes, the jokes可能是穿著、講的笑話 or the way they care too much about something that is not fashionable或是他們太在意某個不流行的東西的那種樣子 It is informal American English這是美式口語 the kind of word teenagers and sitcoms use是青少年和情境喜劇常用的字 It can be unkind這個字可能帶點惡意
Friends also say it with a smile: “I’m such a dork” means “I did something , or I was too keen.” It is weaker, and more about social awkwardness, than calling someone stupid in the school-test sense. You would not put it in a formal essay.
Friends also say it with a smile朋友之間也會笑著這樣說 'I'm such a dork' means'I'm such a dork'的意思是 'I did something clumsy, or I was too keen.'「我做了件笨手笨腳的事，或是我太熱衷了」 It is weaker這個字語氣比較輕 and more about social awkwardness講的比較是社交上的笨拙 than calling someone stupid in the school-test sense而不是像考試那種「笨」的意思那麼重 You would not put it in a formal essay你不會把這個字用在正式的作文裡
Though actually, older speakers may hear it as ruder than young people do.
Though actually不過其實 older speakers年長的人 may hear it as聽這個字可能會覺得 ruder than young people do比年輕人聽起來還粗魯
It first shows up in the United States around 1961. It probably started as a softer stand-in, in student slang (especially in the Midwest), for a rude word for a penis. It has never specially meant a whale’s penis, even though that story gets repeated. Another, less certain idea links it to a Norwegian dialect word dorg, for a heap or a heavy, slow person.
It first shows up in the United States這個字最早出現在美國 around 1961大約在1961年 It probably started as a softer stand-in它可能一開始是比較委婉的替代詞 in student slang (especially in the Midwest)出現在學生俚語裡（尤其是美國中西部） for a rude word for a penis用來代替一個指陰莖的粗俗字眼 It has never specially meant a whale's penis這個字從來沒有特別指「鯨魚的陰莖」 even though that story gets repeated儘管這個說法一直被以訛傳訛 Another, less certain idea另一個比較不確定的說法 links it to a Norwegian dialect word dorg把這個字連結到挪威方言的dorg for a heap or a heavy, slow person意思是一堆東西，或是動作遲緩笨重的人
Use it with people your own age, not to a stranger’s face unless you are sure they will laugh.
Use it with people your own age跟你同年齡的人可以用這個字 not to a stranger's face不要當著陌生人的面說 unless you are sure they will laugh除非你確定對方會笑
組成American slang, first seen around 1961. It presumably began as a milder swap for a rude body-part word in student talk. A less certain idea derives it from Norwegian dialect dorg, “a mass; a heavy, dim-witted person.” It does not split into English pieces you can usefully teach.
同家族的字
- dorkydorky is the adjective: like a dork
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dorknoun詞源 1/dɔːk/
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derogatoryslangA quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
- I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.
- I didn’t have any clothes and I had short hair and looked like a dork. Girls wouldn’t go out with me.
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vulgarslangThe penis.
- As a matter of fact, this slob was full of information today. He told me why we Jews have different dorks.
- "You’re dead, Trashmouth," Vince “Boogers” Taliendo told him, pulling his jock up over a dork roughly the size and shape of an anemic peanut.
dorkverb詞源 1/dɔːk/
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slangTo act or behave in the manner of a dork.
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slangTo act or behave in an awkward or clumsy manner.
- I spent all weekend dorking with the router settings with no luck, though I could get any one out of my 5 PCs on the net when connected directly to the modem.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。