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anorak

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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an·o·rak /ˈænəræk/ noun [countable]  1. DCC especially British English a short coat with a hood that keeps out the wind and rain 带风帽的短外套2. British English informal a boring person who is interested in the unimportant details of a particular subject and does not know how to behave properly in social situations 闷蛋,怪胎〔好钻研无聊琐事、不善交际的人〕 SYN nerd
Examples from the Corpus
anorakIt's not as if grey anoraks are cheap.He wore a navy fisherman's jersey and gumboots, and a heavy anorak, shiny and running with wet.Shivering, she pulled up her anorak zip and turned to the left.He was hot in his anorak.We passed like wraiths gripping our anoraks against a colder night wind coming down from the deep indigo silhouetted mountains.Converse dressed, pulled on his plastic anorak and went down to the street.
Origin anorak (1900-2000) Greenland Inuit anoraq
an·o·rak nounChineseSyllable
with Corpus a keeps that a short coat hood


anorak
anorak /ˈænəræk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Greenland Inuit
 Origin: anoraq
1. especially British English a short coat with a hood that keeps out the wind and rain
2. British English informal a boring person who is interested in the unimportant details of a particular subject and does not know how to behave properly in social situations
   SYN  nerd


ano·rakBrE /ˈænəræk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈænəræk/ 🔊 noun
(especially BrE) a short coat with a hood that is worn as protection against rain, wind and cold 带帽防寒短上衣
(BrE, informal) a person who spends a lot of time learning facts or collecting things that most other people think are boring 怪僻的搜集者(花大量时间了解或收集别人大多认为无聊的东西)