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    Dorky describes a person, a look, or a thing that strikes you as awkward, , or silly — glasses that are too big, a joke that tries too hard, a dance that is not cool. It is the adjective that belongs with : names the person, dorky names the quality.

    Dorky describes a person, a look, or a thingDorky可以形容一個人、一個樣子、或一個東西, that strikes you as awkward, unfashionable, or sweetly silly讓你覺得笨拙、不時髦、或傻得有點可愛—— glasses that are too big, a joke that tries too hard, a dance that is not cool像是太大的眼鏡、太用力想搞笑的笑話、跳起來不酷的舞 It is the adjective that belongs with dork這是跟dork配對的形容詞: dork names the person, dorky names the qualitydork指這種人,dorky指這種特質

    Same informal American tone. You can say “a dorky shirt” or “He looks dorky in that hat.” Young people use it a lot.

    Same informal American tone跟dork一樣,是美式的口語語氣 You can say "a dorky shirt" or "He looks dorky in that hat."你可以說「a dorky shirt」(很俗的襯衫)或「He looks dorky in that hat」(他戴那頂帽子看起來很呆)。 Young people use it a lot年輕人很常用

    It can be or fond, depending on the voice. It is not a word for a formal letter.

    It can be unkind or fond, depending on the voice可以是損人的,也可以是帶點喜愛的,要看語氣 It is not a word for a formal letter這個字不會用在正式書信裡

    Though actually, people now stick it on objects and habits, not only on people: a dorky hobby, a dorky ringtone. That stretch is common and natural. It still sits in casual speech.

    Though actually不過其實, people now stick it on objects and habits, not only on people現在人們也會拿它形容東西和習慣,不只是人: a dorky hobby, a dorky ringtone像是a dorky hobby(很宅的嗜好)、a dorky ringtone(很俗氣的鈴聲) That stretch is common and natural這樣延伸用法很常見也很自然 It still sits in casual speech它仍然屬於比較隨性的口語用字

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From dork + -y. The ending -y (from older English -ig) turns a noun into an adjective, as in messy or lucky.

同家族的字

  • dorkdorky is dork plus the ending -y

原始詞典資料1 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。

dorkyadj

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    Like a dork.

    • 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.
    • Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。