单词 | trainspotter |
释义 | trainspottern. Originally and chiefly British. 1. A person (often male) whose hobby is observing trains and recording railway locomotive numbers, sometimes with other details. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] > train-spotter trainspotter1949 loco-spotter1959 gricer1969 1949 Times 29 Dec. 2/2 The immense army of railway enthusiasts and train-spotters who indulge in the engaging study of..types of locomotives. 1955 Times 16 Aug. 10/5 He thinks that train-spotters are babyish. 1978 D. Williams Treasure up in Smoke xiv. 126 The Governor appeared to have graduated from train-spotter to Lord Protector in one short morning. 2006 S. Blackburn Plato's Republic (2007) xiv. 142 A trainspotter may know a lot about the subject of his hobby, and have a desire, even an obsessive singleminded desire, to know more. 2. In extended use (frequently depreciative): a person who enthusiastically or obsessively studies the minutiae of any subject; a collector of trivial information. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance > types of > one who collects trivial information trainspotter1988 1988 Q. Feb. 52/2 Archivists come with their notepads and stopwatches and mark down each song played and the duration thereof—the Grateful Dead trainspotters. 1993 Face Apr. 32/2 Is Levi's new fine Bedford cord range as good as its original Cord of way back when? Or is it only trainspotters that can tell the difference? 2008 Spin Sept. 22/2 For this month's cover story (trainspotters note: the sixth time he's graced the front of this publication), Dallas-based writer John McAlley traveled to Zurich and Amsterdam to spend time with Beck. Derivatives ˈtrainspotterish adj. ΚΠ 1993 M. Barker in D. Buckingham Reading Audiences viii. 170 He admits to being ‘obsessive’, even ‘trainspotterish’ in wanting to know even what the ‘creative team had for breakfast’. 1996 Big Issue 2 May 20/2 If you've ever bought a single just for the b-side then you've got a trainspotterish side to your character. 2011 Observer (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Review section) 7 Everything that was magical, mysterious and half alluded to, he now ploddingly dramatised, making it seem dull and trainspotterish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949 |
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