单词 | anorak |
释义 | anorak (once / 124414 pages) n An anorak is a very warm, waterproof jacket with a hood. Another word for an anorak is a parka. Many anoraks are lined with fur or some other warm, wooly material. Arctic explorers and climbers wear anoraks, as well as Inuits and other native people in very cold regions. Inuits, in fact, invented the anorak for hunting and fishing, from seal and caribou skin coated with fish oil. The Kalaallisut language, from Greenland, used the word anoraq, which became anorak in the 1930s. WORD FAMILYanorak: anoraks USAGE EXAMPLESA Big Mac is just an oversized anorak. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Someone might, as Daily Politics reporter Adam Fleming finds out what to buy for a political anorak. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) The Leicester manager, Claudio Ranieri, dressed in fetching anorak, will surely be pleased after his side’s stuttering start to the season. The Guardian(Sep 17, 2016) n a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term) Syn|Hypo|Hyper parka, windbreaker, windcheater cagoule lightweight parka; waterproof ski jacket, ski parkaa parka to be worn while skiing jacket a short coat |
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