train spotter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈtrain ˌspotter noun [countable] British English 1. TTTDLOsomeone who collects the numbers of railway engines for fun 〔作为爱好〕收集火车机车号码的人2. BORINGsomeone who you think is boring and only interested in unimportant details 无聊的人；只关心琐事的人 —trainspotting noun [uncountable]
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train spotter• Here is the story of one of them, Derek, the most unsuccessful train spotter in the world.ˈtrain ˌspotter nounChineseSyllable
collects someone railway for fun the engines who numbers of Corpus
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train spotter
ˈtrain ˌspotter
noun [countable] British English
1. someone who collects the numbers of railway engines for fun
2. someone who you think is boring and only interested in unimportant details
—trainspotting noun [uncountable]
ˈtrain ˌspotter
noun [countable] British English1. someone who collects the numbers of railway engines for fun
2. someone who you think is boring and only interested in unimportant details
—trainspotting noun [uncountable]