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单词 dorky
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Definition of dorky in English:

dorky

adjectivedorkier, dorkiestˈdɔːkiˈdôrkē
North American informal
  • 1Socially inept or awkward.

    he teases all the dorky kids
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's affable but obnoxious, well-intentioned but downright dorky.
    • She turned to look at me and rolled her eyes like I was her best friend instead of her dorky niece.
    • You walked into school with the biggest dorkiest smile plastered on your face.
    • She bit her lip to keep back the grin that she knew would look dorky.
    • Who wants to see another dorky loser turns popular hottie story?
    • From the sound of it, Jake was doing the kind of dance dorky football players do after a touchdown.
    • He has no idea how dorky he is whereas I knew how dorky I was.
    • I've been playing these games pretty much my whole dorky life.
    • To me, he can be a little dorky, even nerdy.
    • He's loose-limbed and dorky enough to work as an oddly romantic lead.
    1. 1.1 Unfashionable.
      why would anyone wear such dorky glasses?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the buffet, she met an eligible bachelor disguised in a dorky sweater.
      • She knew it was me right away because of my American Flag suitcases and the unmistakable glasses - they aren't dorky.
      • Most are around 18, clean cut, and have to wear these dorky green aprons featuring the store logo.
      • He lives at home with his parents, he's stuck in a dead-end job, and he wears really dorky glasses.
      • If you are wearing normal cut socks with shorts, it won't matter what color they are, they will look dorky.
      • She is given to wearing dorky cardigans, ominously the sort draped over the shoulders when sitting up in a hospital bed.
      • She clipped my hair up nicely so it didn't look dorky and still kept the hair our of my eyes.
      • He loses weight, gets contact lenses, dumps his dorky clothes and gets a nose job.
      • Before he had a chance to die, he spent his remaining years wearing dorky naval hats and creating new rules for his organization.
      • I suddenly thanked the heavens that I'd changed out of my dorky school uniform before coming over.

Derivatives

  • dorkiness

  • nounˈdɔːkɪnəsˈdɔrkinəs
    mass nounNorth American informal
    • 1The quality of being socially inept or awkward.

      childhood dorkiness is a definite trend among magazine editors
      1. 1.1 The quality of being unfashionable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But wait, what if my excessive dorkiness undercuts my newly chic 'ambiguous' features?
      • I'm saving up my pennies for a digital video camera, so everyone can enjoy the full measure of our dorkiness.
      • I was torn between wanting to thump my workmate for being so rubbish and laughing at the sheer dorkiness of it all.
      • despite their dorkiness, demand for the sandals is still high
 
 

Definition of dorky in US English:

dorky

adjectiveˈdôrkē
North American informal
  • 1Socially inept or awkward.

    he teases all the dorky kids
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's loose-limbed and dorky enough to work as an oddly romantic lead.
    • She turned to look at me and rolled her eyes like I was her best friend instead of her dorky niece.
    • He has no idea how dorky he is whereas I knew how dorky I was.
    • You walked into school with the biggest dorkiest smile plastered on your face.
    • Who wants to see another dorky loser turns popular hottie story?
    • From the sound of it, Jake was doing the kind of dance dorky football players do after a touchdown.
    • She bit her lip to keep back the grin that she knew would look dorky.
    • I've been playing these games pretty much my whole dorky life.
    • To me, he can be a little dorky, even nerdy.
    • He's affable but obnoxious, well-intentioned but downright dorky.
    1. 1.1 Unfashionable.
      why would anyone wear such dorky glasses?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He lives at home with his parents, he's stuck in a dead-end job, and he wears really dorky glasses.
      • She is given to wearing dorky cardigans, ominously the sort draped over the shoulders when sitting up in a hospital bed.
      • If you are wearing normal cut socks with shorts, it won't matter what color they are, they will look dorky.
      • At the buffet, she met an eligible bachelor disguised in a dorky sweater.
      • Most are around 18, clean cut, and have to wear these dorky green aprons featuring the store logo.
      • He loses weight, gets contact lenses, dumps his dorky clothes and gets a nose job.
      • She knew it was me right away because of my American Flag suitcases and the unmistakable glasses - they aren't dorky.
      • I suddenly thanked the heavens that I'd changed out of my dorky school uniform before coming over.
      • Before he had a chance to die, he spent his remaining years wearing dorky naval hats and creating new rules for his organization.
      • She clipped my hair up nicely so it didn't look dorky and still kept the hair our of my eyes.
 
 
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