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单词 anorakish
释义

anorakishadj.

Brit. /ˈanərakɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈænəˌrækɪʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anorak n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < anorak n. (compare sense 2b at that entry) + -ish suffix1. Compare slightly earlier anoraky adj.
British slang (depreciative).
Overly studious, unfashionable, or socially inept; spec. displaying obsessive or fastidious concern with the details of a hobby or interest. Cf. anorak n. 2b and anoraky adj.
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1992 Times 7 Nov. 19/4 Computer ownership is not, of itself, necessarily anorakish, but I don't really need a computer as big or as powerful as the computer I have.
2001 G. Lachman Turn off your Mind iii. 75 College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow.
2007 B. J. C. Purves Stop Motion xiii. 258 Nerdy, anorakish Brian is more interested in adding a rare form of carborundum to his ever-expanding gravel collection.

Derivatives

ˈanorakishly adv. with obsessive attention to the details of a hobby or interest.
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2000 rec.arts.sf.fandom 15 Sept. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 29 Jan. 2019) Anorakishly, I watched the first half hour of the recent David Duchovny film..thinking ‘Where did he get a bib front shirt today?’ and then ‘Why is he wearing it with a tux?’
2003 Independent 28 Feb. (Review section) 7/8 Just one of a few dozen students..who loved to hang out among the dangling axes [i.e. guitars], anorakishly discussing the ‘action’ of the fretboard neck with anybody who'd listen.
2011 @marcusleroux 27 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Oct. 2018) Email from contact and anorakishly avid newspaper reader: ‘reading The Times again every day on my new iPad. Paper newspapers are finished’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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