beachcomber

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beach·comb·er /ˈbiːtʃˌkəʊmə $ -ˌkoʊmər/ noun [countable]  BODLOsomeone who searches beaches for interesting or useful things 沙滩拾荒者

Examples from the Corpus

beachcomber• Let me finish by reminding you that, like successful detectorists, beachcombers work with nature.• Further along the shore a few beachcombers were bunkered down, husking washed-up coconuts for copra; others collected shellfish.• As well as keeping their eyes peeled for surface coins and jewellery, beachcombers also look for non-metal items on their foreshore hunting grounds.• Jason Purvis, the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame.• Attracted by its unusual colour and shape the beachcomber picked it up.

beach·comb·er nounChineseSyllable  

interesting who searches or Corpus beaches someone for things useful

beachcomber
beach‧comb‧er /ˈbiːtʃˌkəʊmə $ -ˌkoʊmər/ noun [countable]
someone who searches beaches for interesting or useful things

beach·comb·erBrE /ˈbiːtʃkəʊmə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbiːtʃkoʊmər/ 🔊 nouna person who walks along beaches collecting interesting or valuable things, either for pleasure or to sell 海滩拾荒者（或寻宝的人）