TRAINSPOTTER

Meaning of TRAINSPOTTER in English

■ noun Brit.

1》 a person who collects locomotive numbers as a hobby.

2》 often derogatory a person who obsessively studies the minutiae of any minority interest or specialized hobby.

Derivatives

trainspotting noun

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TRAINSPOTTER — n. person who collects the numbers of railroad locomotives as a hobby; intelligent but boring person (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TRAINSPOTTER — / ˈtreɪnspɒtə(r); NAmE -spɑːt-/ noun ( BrE ) 1. a person who collects the numbers of railway engines as a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAINSPOTTER — also train spotter, train-spotter ( trainspotters) A trainspotter is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAINSPOTTER — also train spotter, train-spotter (~s) A ~ is someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRAINSPOTTER — Noun. Generally a usually intelligent but particularly anally retentive person; the person may be obsessed with trivia or have a …
Slang English vocab
TRAINSPOTTER — ➡ trainspotting
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TRAINSPOTTER — сущ.; брит.1) человек, хобби которого - отслеживать поезда и записывать номера локомотивов 2) сленг человек, отличающийся неплохими умственными способностями, однако …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TRAINSPOTTER — сущ. ; брит. 1) человек, хобби которого - отслеживать поезда и записывать номера локомотивов 2) сл. человек, отличающийся неплохими умственными …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TRAINSPOTTER — сущ.; брит. 1) человек, хобби которого - отслеживать поезда и записывать номера локомотивов 2) сл. человек, отличающийся неплохими умственными способностями, однако всецело …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TRAINSPOTTING — ➡ trainspotter
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOTTER — / ˈspɒtə(r); NAmE ˈspɑːt-/ noun 1. (especially in compounds) a person who looks for a particular type of thing or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAIN-SPOTTER — see trainspotter
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAIN SPOTTER — see trainspotter
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAIN SPOTTER — see trainspotter
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRAIN-SPOTTER — see trainspotter
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DIATRIBE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And judging by the prodigious pile of diatribes posted in the last year, a lot …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANORAK — Noun. An often socially inept person, having an obsessive interest in a hobby or subject. Usually has little or no …
Slang English vocab
TRAINSPOTTING — n [ U ] ( BrE ) a hobby in Britain, popular mainly with boys but also with some adult …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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