a person who likes a particular sport, activity or subject very much and knows a lot about it 酷愛…者;…迷 a ballet aficionado/an aficionado of ballet 芭蕾舞迷 This coffee is regarded by aficionados as one of the world’s finest. 這種咖啡被愛好者視爲世界上最好的咖啡之一。 He’s an aficionado of the history of the game. 他酷愛研究這種遊戲的歷史。 Jazz aficionados gathered at the Hollywood Bowl last night for a tribute concert. 爵士樂愛好者昨晚聚集在好萊塢露天劇場參加了一場紀念音樂會。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAficionado is used after these nouns:- art
- music
Word Originmid 19th cent. (denoting a devotee of bullfighting): from Spanish, ‘amateur’, past participle of aficioner ‘become fond of’ used as a noun, based on Latin affectio(n-) ‘(favourable) disposition towards’, from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.