| 释义 |
grok, v. U.S. slang.|grɒk|
Also grock.
[Arbitrary formation by Heinlein (see quot. 1961).]
a. trans. (also with obj. clause) To understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with.
b. intr. To empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment.
1961R. Heinlein Stranger in Strange Land iii. 18 Smith had been aware of the doctors but had grokked that their intentions were benign. Ibid. xxiv. 250 Now that he knew himself to be self he was free to grok ever closer to his brothers. 1968T. Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test vi. 86 Instead they are all rapping and grokking over the sound it made..as if they had synched into a never-before-heard thing, a unique thing. 1968Playboy June 80 He met her at an acid-rock ball and she grokked him, this ultracool miss loaded with experience and bereft of emotion. 1969New Yorker 15 Mar. 35, I was thinking we ought to get together somewhere, Mr. Zzyzbyzynsky, and grok about our problems. 1975D. Lodge Changing Places iv. 137 Nestling earth couple would like to find water brothers to grock with in peace. 1984InfoWorld 21 May 32 There isn't any software! Only different internal states of hardware. It's all hardware! It's a shame programmers don't grok that better. |