Geeky is the adjective from geek. The older, unkind use is the one many learner dictionaries still put first: someone who is not popular, who wears unfashionable clothes, who does not quite know how to be in a group, or who does things other people find strange. That use is still alive, and it can hurt if you aim it at a person’s looks or social life.

Geeky isgeeky是 the adjective from geek.geek的形容詞形式。 The older, unkind use is the one many learner dictionaries still put first:比較舊、比較不友善的用法，是很多學習型字典還是排在第一個的：那就是 someone who is not popular, who wears unfashionable clothes, who does not quite know how to be in a group, or who does things other people find strange.形容一個不受歡迎、穿著退流行、不太懂得融入團體，或做一些別人覺得奇怪的事的人。 That use is still alive,這種用法現在還存在， and it can hurt if you aim it at a person’s looks or social life.如果拿來針對一個人的外表或社交生活，是會傷人的。

Though actually the word has shifted. From the 1990s on, people started wearing it with a smile, especially about computers, games, comics, or a very specific hobby. “That’s a bit geeky” can now mean “deeply into the details, and that’s all right.” Younger speakers often hear the kind use first. The mean use and the fond use live side by side, so tone does a lot of work.

Though actually the word has shifted.不過其實，這個字的意思已經轉變了。 From the 1990s on, people started wearing it with a smile,從一九九零年代開始，大家開始帶著笑意使用這個字， especially about computers, games, comics, or a very specific hobby.特別是講電腦、電玩、漫畫，或某種非常specific的興趣時。 “That’s a bit geeky” can now mean “deeply into the details, and that’s all right.”現在說「That's a bit geeky」，可能是指「很鑽研細節，而這樣也沒什麼不好」。 Younger speakers often hear the kind use first.比較年輕的人，通常先聽到的是這種比較善意的用法。 The mean use and the fond use live side by side,帶惡意的用法和帶喜愛的用法並存， so tone does a lot of work.所以語氣的作用非常大。

It is informal either way. It is not simply “clever”: a geeky person may be clever, but the flavour is uncool, or happily obsessive, not “good at school”.

It is informal either way.不管哪種用法，都是口語的。 It is not simply “clever”:它不完全等於「聰明」： a geeky person may be clever, but the flavour is uncool, or happily obsessive, not “good at school”.一個geeky的人可能真的聰明，但這個字給人的感覺是不酷，或是樂在其中的沉迷，而不是「很會唸書」。