| 释义 |
dweeb, n. N. Amer. slang.|dwiːb|
[Prob. f. dw- (arbitrarily, or as in dwarf n.) + feeb n.; cf. weed n.]
A person held in contempt, esp. one ridiculed as studious, puny, or unfashionable; a fool. Cf. nerd n.
1982N.Y. Times 13 June x. 49/4 They try to keep the kids from cut knees, from drowning, from insulting any hoseheads and dweebs on motorcycles. 1985W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Sept. 14/5 Synonyms for earnest students, or ‘pre-professional dweebs’, are proliferating. 1990Chicago Tribune 22 July x. 9/4 Any community that can knowingly elect a dweeb like Edwin Eisendrath..as alderman obviously has a precious sense of fun.
Hence ˈdweeby a.
1988Washington Post 4 Mar. d7/2 As the dweeby, narcissistic Blaine, Reeve is male-model handsome and bland—just what the role calls for. |