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A groupie is a young woman who follows popular musicians or other famous people from place to place, hoping to meet them. The word comes from group — here, the band — plus -ie, a small ending for a person tied to something.
A groupie is a young womangroupie是指一個年輕女性 who follows popular musicians or other famous people from place to place會跟著紅歌手或其他名人到處跑 hoping to meet them希望能見到他們 The word comes from group這個字來自group here, the band這裡指樂團 plus -ie加上字尾-ie a small ending for a person tied to something這是個小小的字尾，表示跟某個東西有關聯的人
It grew in the late 1960s around rock bands. It is informal, and it can sound or old-fashioned, because the old story often treated the woman as hanging around for a kiss or a night, not as a fan with her own life.
It grew in the late 1960s around rock bands這個字是1960年代末在搖滾樂團周圍流行起來的 It is informal這是口語用字 and it can sound unkind or old-fashioned而且聽起來可能不太友善，或有點老派 because the old story often treated the woman as hanging around for a kiss or a night因為舊時的說法常把這種女性描寫成是為了一個吻或一夜而在旁邊晃 not as a fan with her own life而不是把她當成有自己生活的粉絲
People still use it, sometimes as a joke, for anyone who trails after a star.
People still use it大家現在還是會用這個字 sometimes as a joke有時候是開玩笑 for anyone who trails after a star來指任何緊跟在明星後面的人
Though actually, it does not just mean “a fan.” A fan can love the music from home. A groupie is the one who shows up, again and again, wherever the famous person goes.
Though actually不過其實 it does not just mean "a fan."它不只是指「粉絲」 A fan can love the music from home粉絲可以在家裡就愛這個音樂 A groupie is the one who shows up, again and againgroupie是那種一次又一次出現的人 wherever the famous person goes不管那個名人去哪裡都會出現
組成group (the band, or the famous set of people) + -ie (a person tied to that thing). In the fan sense, from 1967.
原始詞典資料4 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。
groupienoun詞源 1/ˈɡɹuːpi/
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A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
- In mainstream rock youth culture, female fans had only submissive roles in the consumption of rock music: they could be teenyboppers, and when they grew older, groupies, with the groupie role providing a real-life extension of the sexualized hero worship of the teenybopper.
- 2000 October, The 100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock, Spin, page 102, Although Pamela Des Barres, rock′s most famous groupie, was passed around like a loose joint at a be-in, she maintains today, “There was no hierarchy. The groupies were not considered less than the musicians. We were muses.”
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informalAny dedicated fan of something.
- A bit of an eclipse groupie, he had paid the thirty guineas fee to join the BAA's first expedition, to Norway, in 1896.
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA group captain.
- In traditional military fashion our "Groupie" (group captain) called us to attention, exchanged salutes with his German opposite number, then handed the parade over to him.
groupienoun詞源 2/ˈɡɹuːpi/
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A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。