trainspotter
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈtreɪnˌspɒt.ər/ us/ˈtreɪnˌspɑː.t̬ɚ/
爱好观看火车并记录其号码的人
someone who enjoys trainspotting (= watching trains and collecting their numbers) as a hobby
He has earned the title of Britain's top trainspotter, after spending 57 years on the nation's railway platforms. 他花了57年在英国的站台上观看火车并记录其号码，最终获得了英国最佳火车观察员的称号。
I undertook a trainspotter's pilgrimage to one of the largest locomotive works in the world. 我作为一名火车观察爱好者前往世界上最大的机车厂之一进行朝圣。
See: trainspotting
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- I am not a trainspotter but a very frustrated frequent rail traveller.
- He was an avid trainspotter.
- There's always a "trainspotter" element in any specialist field, and those people want to know every exact detail.