| 词汇 | twitcher |
| 释义 | twitcher noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈtwɪtʃ.ər/ us /ˈtwɪtʃ.ɚ/ a birdwatcher(= someone whose hobby is watching wild birds in their natural environment), especially one who tries to see birds that are rare in a particular area, and is willing to travel long distances to do this : Obsessive twitchers may endanger their health and their relationships as they rush around the country in search of the latest rarity. Twitchers inform each other of rare sightings by means of websites and text messages. Compare birdwatcher birder See also curtain twitcher Birdwatchers can look out for feeding gannets passing way offshore, while twitchers can hope to spot a great white egret. A male black-throated thrush from Siberia has delighted twitchers for weeks at Townhill in Swansea. The red-rumped swallow that suffered a violent end in the talons of a sparrowhawk might have had a happier ending if all the twitchers hadn't frightened it into taking refuge on top of a farm building. Zoology: ornithology & bird-watching aerie birder birding birdsong birdwatcher birdwatching eggshell feeding station flighted flightless hide hover incubate incubation incubator ornithological ornithologist ornithology twitching Examples of twitchertwitcher A lot of twitchers came and watched the birds nesting on what is now a housing estate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some twitchers complain if one fells a tree that has been used by a certain bird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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