geek

• n. 做低級滑稽表演的人，反常的人；畸形人；野人
• n. （俚）極客，即智力超群，善於鑽研但不懂與人交往的怪才

來自英語方言geck, 笨蛋，傻瓜。最終來自擬聲詞，咳喉嚨的聲音，半天憋不出一句話。

geek (n.)

"sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a variant of 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 gjække, Swedish gäcka). The modern form and the popular use with reference to circus sideshow "wild men" is from 1946, in William Lindsay Gresham's novel "Nightmare Alley" (made into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power).

"An ordinary geek doesn't actually eat snakes, just bites off chunks of 'em, chicken heads and rats." [Arthur H. Lewis, "Carnival," 1970]

By c. 1983, used in teenager slang in reference to peers who lacked social graces but were obsessed with new technology and computers (such as the Anthony Michael Hall character in 1984's "Sixteen Candles").

geek out vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment. [Eric S. Raymond, "The New Hacker's Dictionary," 1996]

1. My laptop died on me again. I need a geek!

我的手提電腦又死機了. 我需要一位會擺弄電腦的老兄幫忙!

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2. Flora: Do you consider yourself a geek or a computer nerd?

你覺得自己是電腦蟲還是電腦迷?

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3. Herbert: Sure, but I'm too shy and they think I a geek.

赫伯特: 當然有, 但是我太害羞了,而且她們覺得我是個隻懂電腦的怪人.

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4. Michael: Do you consider yourself a geek or a computer nerd?

邁克爾: 你覺得自己是電腦蟲還是電腦迷?

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5. She seems friendly, spontaneous, outgoing - the absolute antithesis of " computer geek. "

她看上去友善 、 自然 、 大方 —— 照說應該是 “ 計算機怪傑(computergeek) ” 之類的決然對立麵.

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