| 单词 | hobbyist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈhobbyist ˈhobbyist n. a person devoted to a hobby (sometimes used with a connotation of crankiness). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] > person following amateur1757 hobbyist1871 fan1915 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > person > devoted to hobby hobbyist1871 hobby-horse man1894 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ix. 955 The pernicious counsel of some hobbyist. 1892 Daily News 17 Feb. 3/1 The philatelists or collectors of postage-stamps, like nearly all other hobbyists, have long had their association. 1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning 582 Of such kind are nascent cranks and hobbyists, and some of them attain at last to the rank..of English ‘characters’. 1937 W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland 105 A circle where one's known Of hobbyists and rivals. 1948 F. A. Staples Watercolour Painting 1 A non-technical manner suited to the hobbyist or art student. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 137 ‘That's a nice Jap machine gun.’ He looked at it with the professional curiosity of a hobbyist. 1971 Guardian 11 Aug. 10/4 The young hobbyist was encouraged to specialise. < as lemmas |
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