spotter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɒt.ə/    美 /ˈspɑ.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who observes something.
  2. A member of a sniper team who in addition to this function is responsible for providing additional information about targets from a different point of view.
  3. One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.
    — Due to a spotter's lack of action in holding the weight when a lifter lost her balance, the lifter badly pulled some muscles.
  4. A person who gives directions for a crane or vehicle (that is challenging to navigate) from a different point of view to the moved load. US
  5. Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).
  6. A team member responsible for communication with the driver to keep them up-to-date about on-track events, such as other nearby cars.
  7. A person employed to assist a sports presenter by identifying the players or events during a game.

词形变化

spotters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
birdspotter cloudspotter locospotter microspotter pinspotter planespotter plane spotter spotter plane talent spotter talent-spotter train spotter trainspotter trendspotter weather spotter
相关词
G-spotter

词源

Etymology tree
English spot
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English spotter
From spot + -er.
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