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    nB2

    /ɡiːk/

    Someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about one subject, especially computers or science.

    某領域的狂熱者

    複數 geeks

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核心畫面

Picture someone so deeply into one subject — often computers or science — that they know every tiny detail and happily dive deeper while others lose interest.

可以想成:一個人對某個領域(常常是電腦或科學)著迷到不行,連最細的細節都摸得一清二楚,別人覺得無聊了他還越鑽越起勁。更多收起可以想成:一個人對某個領域(常常是電腦或科學)著迷到不行,連最細的細節都摸得一清二楚,別人覺得無聊了他還越鑽越起勁。這種「對某件事極度投入、懂得超多」的人,就叫 geek。(早期帶點被取笑的味道,現在常是中性甚至自豪的稱呼。)

原始詞典資料11 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。

geeknoun詞源 1/ɡiːk/

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    datedA carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

    • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
    • You hand in your ticket / And you go watch the geek / Who immediately walks up to you / When he hears you speak / And says, “How does it feel to / be such a freak?”
  • 2

    A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.

    • I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.
    • Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.
  • 3

    An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

    • My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.
    • I challenge these geeks to show a little spirit and produce an 81 tier bonfire by Friday night. It would also be nice to see a few kegs and some spirit around their awaited creation each night. Until then I rest my case.
  • 4

    The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.

    • It is totally counter-intuitive. How do these ubernerds get the cute girls? Is it the ultimate triumph of the Bill Gates era, in which geek is the new cool?
    • "Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film."
  • 5

    An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

    • Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.
    • But you can't be any geek off the street, gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what I mean, earn your keep.

geekverb詞源 1/ɡiːk/

  • 1

    To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.

    • Geeking, unsurprisingly, was among the first carnival acts to be outlawed as the 20th century unfurled.
  • 2

    To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.

    • It was our first time at a Star Trek convention and we had an amazing time wandering around and geeking.
  • 3

    slangTo be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.

    • I ain't nothin' but a clucker, your typical glass dick suckin' basehead, geekin' motherfucker
    • They know I geek a lot / They don't know I keep a Glock
  • 4

    slangTo be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.

geeknoun詞源 2/ɡiːk/

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    A look.

    • Have a geek at this.
    • Then he says let′s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.

geekverb詞源 2/ɡiːk/

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    To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

    • This gayte bucca-davy, all'ys geekin' round arter a gook.
    • I will geek, I will geek I tell ee; while I have the spirit of a man in me I'll geek.

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