- (especially British English)
a short coat with a hood that is worn as protection against rain, wind and cold 带帽防寒短上衣 My Mum made me take my anorak in case it rained. 我妈妈让我带上我的夹克,以防下雨。 hikers in anoraks and walking boots 穿着防寒服和步行靴的徒步旅行者
- (British English, informal)
a person who spends a lot of time learning facts or collecting things that most other people think are boring 怪僻的搜集者(花大量时间了解或收集别人大多认为无聊的东西)
Word Origin1920s: from Greenland Eskimo anoraq. Sense 2 dates from the 1980s and derives from the anoraks worn by trainspotters, regarded as typifying this kind of person.