| 释义 |
▪ I. techie, techily etc.,
obs. ff. tetchy, etc.
▪ II. techie, n. (and a.)|ˈtɛkɪ|
Also techy.
[f. tech-, as in technical, technology, etc., + -ie; see tech n.1, 3]
1. U.S. College slang. A student at a school of technology.
1969Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) IV. 16 Techy, a student in a school of technology or math. 1981Amer. N. & Q. Sept./Oct. 21/1 A Yale student is called a Yalie. An M.I.T. student is a Techie. 1984A. Lee Sarah Phillips (1985) 101 Bellemere..had had a lot of the punch, which was a Techie grape-juice concoction laced with acid.
2. colloq. (chiefly U.S.). An expert in or enthusiast for technology, esp. computing; a technician. Also attrib. or as adj.
1970Globe & Laurel Apr. 90/1 [Royal Marines' slang] We all had a little holiday 'cept for the ‘techies’ who had to mend it [sc. a generator]. 1982Computerworld 5 July 14/1 End-user shows typically emphasize ‘hype’ to appeal to kids and ‘techy types’,..but ‘Comdex is more professional. I only noticed one exhibit that displayed computer games’. 1987E. Prager Clea & Zeus Divorce (1988) x. 68 He saw the uses of technology... He was the first techie. 1988PC Mag. May 114/3 A techie event held by IBM in Florida. |