- 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」。
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.
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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