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单词 trainspotter
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Definition of trainspotter in English:

trainspotter

noun ˈtreɪnspɒtə
British
  • 1A person who collects train or locomotive numbers as a hobby.

    〈英〉列车(或机车)号码收集爱好者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Surrounded by books, pictures, signs and stickers about trains as well as trainspotters, a train set and even train noises, this is a themed restaurant gone crazy.
    • An open verdict has been recorded into the death of a trainspotter who died after being hit by a train.
    • ’I am sure that many former trainspotters will shed a tear as steam bids farewell to Manchester,’ said Dave.
    • Twelve years ago he combined his love of history and railways - he was a trainspotter as a boy - by going into producing railway nostalgia films.
    • I think this trainspotter is interested in engines, he doesn't note down the numbers of the carriages (but then maybe nobody collects those).
    • Attention trainspotters: Erinsborough is in Zone 2.
    • I don't expect anyone to understand but it's a bit like a trainspotter suddenly realising bus spotting is fun as well.
    • I am going to have a book called Heroin, and it will be about trainspotters and guys who look out for trains, and there will be no heroin in it.
    • They are greeted with the same excitement as a trainspotter welcomes the sound of an approaching whistle on the Sligo line: ‘You don't get too many of them round here.’
    • She said: ‘I have spoken to managers at the station and they are quite happy for trainspotters to continue their hobby.’
    • Questions begin to appear, such as, are they going to be weird, like trainspotters, (sorry trainspotters, I know it's a dreadful generalisation), and if they are, then what if I fit in!
    • If he got out more, he'd probably be a trainspotter.
    • Not that he's an avid trainspotter with a penchant for the Mallard or the Flying Scotsman.
    • This crowd looked like delegates to the annual trainspotters and slot car convention.
    • On any given day across England, you'd be guaranteed to see parker'ed people, other wise known as trainspotters, parked atop bridges at train stations feverishly writing down numbers of trains.
    • Hundreds of trainspotters gathered in Rathmore station at the beginning of July to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Mallow to Killarney rail line in 1853.
    • They'd all think I was a saddo trainspotter, which is not the image I want to convey.
    • For years it has been associated with bearded ramblers and trainspotters more interested in practicality than making a fashion statement.
    1. 1.1derogatory A person who obsessively studies the minutiae of any minority interest or specialized hobby.
      〈常贬〉痴迷研究少数人爱好或特殊嗜好细节的人
      the idea is to make the music really really collectable so the trainspotters will buy it in their pathetic thousands
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Britain they are often called trainspotters or anoraks, and their encyclopedic knowledge, singular focus, and endless talking about their hobby often make them bores to be around.
      • By the time he gets his DVDs on the shelf, impatient Bollywood trainspotters could have been watching them for days.
      • It brings out the political trainspotter in him, as he enthuses about the technology and techniques the party is honing.
      • It's a trainspotter's paradise of top-drawer funk.
      • I was a super trainspotter, looking at the right charts and mixes.
      • From a trainspotter's point of view I find it really interesting as well, the historical side of drinks and so forth.
      • Basically, though, online critics are votaries, trainspotters, collectors of information.

Derivatives

  • trainspotting

  • noun ˈtreɪnspɒtɪŋ
    British
    • It's equally about stamp collecting, football and trainspotting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And unlike trainspotting, with our hobby you get to keep warm in winter.
      • And make no mistake: trainspotting is definitely an all-male pastime.
      • It tells the story of the steam locomotive with displays covering model railways, trainspotting and locomotive engineering.
      • Which other country could match our enthusiasm for trainspotting, planespotting, or jotting down vehicle numbers?
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