a person who likes a particular sport, activity or subject very much and knows a lot about it 酷爱…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. 这种咖啡被爱好者视为世界上最好的咖啡之一。 He’s an aficionado of the history of the game. 他酷爱研究这种游戏的历史。 Jazz aficionados gathered at the Hollywood Bowl last night for a tribute concert. 爵士乐爱好者昨晚聚集在好莱坞露天剧场参加了一场纪念音乐会。
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’.