geek
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++geek /ɡiːk/ noun [countable] informalFASHIONABLE someone who is not popular because they wear unfashionable clothes, do not know how to behave in social situations, or do strange things 落伍的人；怪人 SYN nerd a computer geek 电脑迷 —geeky adjective
Examples from the Corpus
geek• That was part of being a geek.• Does that make me a geek?• You probably dismissed them, more or less sympathetically, as nerds and geeks.• Kids called me Four Eyes, geek, and nerd.From Longman Business Dictionarygeekgeek /giːk/ noun [countable] informalCOMPUTING someone who knows a lot about a technical subject, usually computers, but who is not good at communicating with peopleSYN NERDHe is a 15-year-old computer geek who spends all day gaming.Origin geek (1800-1900) Perhaps from Low German gek “stupid person”geek nounChinese
not someone popular who Business because Corpus they is
geek
geek /ɡiːk/
noun [countable]
SYN nerd:
a computer geek
—geeky adjective
geek /ɡiːk/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Low German gek 'stupid person'
informal someone who is not popular because they wear unfashionable clothes, do not know how to behave in social situations, or do strange things Origin: Perhaps from Low German gek 'stupid person'
SYN nerd:
—geeky adjective