单词 | tree-hugging |
释义 | > as lemmastree-hugging tree-hugging n. (a) adj. clinging to a tree; spec. (usually depreciative) of environmentalists and their activities; (hence) designating or relating to environmental issues generally (see tree-hugger n. at Additions); (b) n.the action of embracing a tree, esp. in order to prevent it from being felled; (usually in extended, frequently depreciative use) environmentalist activity. ΚΠ 1978 N.Y. Times 23 Apr. cn6 A tree-hugging four-foot-high carved-oak monkey that once graced the corner of a Barnum & Bailey circus wagon..will be seen at the 14th annual Southport-Westport Antiques Show. 1983 Economist (Nexis) 5 Mar. 102 The remarkable Chipko Andolan (tree-hugging) movement started in Uttar Pradesh in 1973, when tree-fellers were prevented from cutting down trees by villagers. 1987 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 1 Oct. b11 That is an important truth which often is obscured by rhetoric about ‘greedy developers,’..or ‘tree-hugging environmentalists’. 1992 M. Anderson Imposters in Temple v. 183 Wilderness skills (introduction to living and traveling in the wilderness; emphasis on interpersonal relations..environmental issues, and tree hugging). 2000 Church Times 26 May 10/1 One might think that the Prince was part Luddite, part tree-hugging eco-mystic. < as lemmas |
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