| 单词 | tree-hugger |
| 释义 | > as lemmastree-hugger tree-hugger n. chiefly U.S. a person who cares for trees or the environment, an environmentalist (usually depreciative); (also literal) a person who adopts a position embracing a tree to prevent it from being felled. ΚΠ 1965 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post Crescent 10 Sept. 1/4 The battle was between the tree huggers and the city. The city won, 100-0. 1977 Washington Post 7 Oct. (Weekend section) 1/1 Leaves are starting to turn now... Tree huggers predict colors will be most vibrant starting Oct. 15. (‘Tree huggers’ is what rangers assigned to the Washington area call themselves.) 1982 N.Y. Times 8 May 23/6 ‘Tree hugger’, some mutter, and I would say it myself before them. After all, I have not yet met an environmentalist who refuses to drive a car. 1990 R. Scarce Eco-warriors ii. viii. 157 Mahatma Gandhi's spirit also resides in the Chipko Movement, India's tree huggers. 2000 Truck & Driver Nov. 9/2 Britain is totally dependent on..the cheap and easy availability of fossil fuel; you don't need to be a tree-hugger to realise that this can't go on forever. < as lemmas |
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