1. 1n/ɡiːk/某領域的狂熱者

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

    「geek」指對某個領域(特別是電腦、科學、遊戲)超有興趣、也很懂的人。以前帶點取笑「只會讀書、不會玩」的味道,現在多半是中性甚至帶點驕傲的自稱,例如 a computer geek(電腦高手)。可以想成「為某件事著迷到很專精的人」。語氣很口語。

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo is a total computer geek — he built his own keyboard.

    中文翻譯里歐是個十足的電腦狂——他自己組了一個鍵盤。

    常見搭配

    • computer geek

      電腦高手

      someone very skilled with computers

      Ask the computer geek next door to fix it.

    • a bit of a geek

      有點迷某事的人

      someone who is quite interested in something

      I'm a bit of a history geek.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

Carnival slang, likely from British dialect geck 'fool', apparently from Dutch or Low German.

原是遊樂場俚語,可能來自英國方言 geck「傻瓜」。

Wiktionary

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。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。)

同家族的字

geeks

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    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.

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