anorak

noun
🔊/ˈænəræk/
🔊/ˈænəræk/
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  1. (especially British English) a short coat with a hood that is worn as protection against rain, wind and cold带帽防寒短上衣
    • My Mum made me take my anorak in case it rained.妈妈让我带上了雨衣,以防下雨。
    • hikers in anoraks and walking boots穿着防寒服和步行靴的徒步旅行者
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  2. (British English, 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)
  3. Word Origin1920s: from Greenland Eskimo anoraq. Sense 2 dates from the 1980s and derives from the anoraks worn by trainspotters, regarded as typifying this kind of person.