geek

大学 FREQ #8989

n. 做低级滑稽表演的人

发音

US /ɡiːk/
AU /ɡiːk/

词形变化

geeks 复数 geeks 三单 geeking 现在分词 geeked 过去式 geeked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

    过时

    I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

  2. 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.

    非正式

    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. 3.

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

    极客

    宅男

    宅女

    非正式 引申义

    My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.

  4. 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.

    非正式 不可数
  5. 5.

    An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

    非正式

    Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.

  6. 1.

    A look.

    澳大利亚 非正式

    Have a geek at this.

v.
  1. 1.

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

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.

    非正式 不及物

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

  3. 3.

    To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.

    不及物 俚语 非裔美国英语
  4. 4.

    To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.

    To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug.

    不及物 俚语 非裔美国英语 引申义
  5. 1.

    To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

eccentric flake oddball

上位词 4

actor worker performer doer

下位词 9

nut crank nutcase wacko fruitcake nutter crackpot screwball whacko
动词

上位词 2

be exist

相关短语

geek chic geek out geek code geek codes geek someone's head up fake geek girls fake geek girl alpha geek techno geek pencil geek

词源

Started as carnival slang, likely from the British dialectal term geck (“a fool, dupe, simpleton”) (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gække, Norwegian gakke, Swedish gäcka). The root still survives in the Dutch adjective noun gek (“crazy" or "crazy person”). Compare gink and also Old Norse gikkr (“a pert, rude person; jester; fool”).

来源：wiktionary