geek

noun

/ɡiːk/

(informal)

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a person who is boring, wears clothes that are not fashionable, does not know how to behave in social situations, etc.闷蛋；土包子 synonym nerd (1)
a person who is very interested in and who knows a lot about a particular subject极客（对某领域极感兴趣且知之甚多的人） synonym nerd (2)
- a computer geek电脑迷
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Geek is used after these nouns:
computer
gadget
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.

verb

/ɡiːk/

(informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they geek	/ɡiːk/ /ɡiːk/
he / she / it geeks	/ɡiːks/ /ɡiːks/
past simple geeked	/ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/
past participle geeked	/ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/
-ing form geeking	/ˈɡiːkɪŋ/ /ˈɡiːkɪŋ/

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[intransitive] geek (out) (over something) to do or discuss computer tasks with great enthusiasm and attention to technical detail怪胎：以极大的热情和对技术细节的关注来完成或讨论计算机任务
- We geeked out for 50 minutes looking at code.我们花了50分钟看代码。
- Bill and Frank geeked out over computer stuff for a bit.比尔和弗兰克为了电脑的事情闹翻了一阵子。
[intransitive, transitive] to be or become extremely excited about something, especially something that only a few people are interested in怪胎：对某件事感到兴奋或变得异常兴奋，尤其是只有少数人对怪胎感兴趣的事物（出）（关于某事）
- geek (out) (about/over something) We chatted and geeked about pop culture we both like.我们聊着聊着，聊着我们都喜欢的流行文化。
- be geeked (out/up) (about/over something) So we're all totally geeked up about the second half of the college football season.所以我们对大学足球赛季的后半段都感到十分厌倦。

Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.

BNC: 43582 COCA: 13318

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