| 单词 | loco-spotting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloco-spotting loco-spotting n. = trainspotting n. (now somewhat dated). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] bird-spotting1926 trainspotting1951 loco-spotting1952 gricing1968 grice1971 twitching1977 1952 A. Buckeridge Jennings & Darbishire x. 153 This is no time to go loco-spotting. 1959 Junior Radio Times 25 Sept. 1/1 One of the objects of locospotting is to see—or ‘cop’—all the engines in a particular class, marking off the number of each engine as it is observed. 1960 E. W. Hildick Boy at Window xvii. 131 It was a train the boy remembered well from his loco-spotting days. 2004 D. St. J. Thomas Journey through Brit. (2005) xvii. 338 I noticed a photograph of a Great Western engine on the wall... I asked why it was there, adding: ‘Do you know where I did my loco spotting?’ < as lemmas |
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