nerd: [20] It seems likely that nerd, a term for a dull, socially inept or otherwise obnoxious person that appeared in US slang in the early 1950s, was inspired by a whimsical creature called a ‘nerd’ that was invented by the American children’s author ‘Dr Seuss’ (Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904–91)) and introduced by him in his book If I Ran the Zoo (1950): ‘And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!’ In thinking up the word he may have been influenced by Mortimer Snerd, the name of a dummy used by the American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.
nerd (n.)
1951, U.S. student slang, probably an alteration of 1940s slang nert "stupid or crazy person," itself an alteration of nut. The word turns up in a Dr. Seuss book from 1950 ("If I Ran the Zoo"), which may have contributed to its rise.
实用例句
1. Mark claimed he was made to look a nerd.
马克称自己被搞得像个傻瓜。
来自柯林斯例句
2. If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool.
噢,nerd是指那种跟一般人不一样,有点怪的人.
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3. That computer nerd is a total social misfit.
那个只会玩电脑的呆子对人情世故一窍不通.
来自辞典例句
4. Flora: Do you consider yourself a geek or a computer nerd?
你觉得自己是电脑虫还是电脑迷?
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5. Can you believe that nerd wants to join our fraternity?
