anorak: [20] This was originally a word in the Inuit language of Greenland: annoraaq. It came into English in the 1920s, by way of Danish. At first it was used only to refer to the sort of garments worn by Eskimos, but by the 1930s it was being applied to a waterproof hooded coat made in imitation of these. In Britain, such jackets came to be associated with the sort of socially inept obsessives who stereotypically pursue such hobbies as train-spotting and computer-gaming, and by the early 1980s the term ‘anorak’ was being contemptuously applied to them.
anorak (n.)
Eskimo's waterproof, hooded jacket, 1924, from Greenland Eskimo anoraq. Applied to Western imitations of this garment from 1930s. In British slang, "socially inept person" (Partridge associates it with a fondness for left-wing politics and pirate radio) by 1983, on the notion that that sort of person typically wears this sort of coat.
雙語例句
1. Her hair was singed and her anorak was burnt.
她頭發燒焦了，帶風帽的夾克也燒掉了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Computer games are the ultimate anorak pursuit.
電腦游戲是電腦迷的大愛。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He's such an anorak.
他真是個悶蛋。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.
我看見他把帶帽防寒服脫下來扔在了后面的座位上。
來自柯林斯例句
5. My anorak has stood me in good stead this winter.