tree hugger

短语

环境保护狂, 致力于保护环境的人

发音

AU

词形变化

tree huggers 复数

别名

treehugger

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging and especially one who uses dramatic, attention-grabbing methods of obstruction.

    贬义 俚语

    Animal liberationists like Rosmarino resented the tree huggers' insensitivity to animals and reluctance to risk jail time, while more mainstream environmentalists like AFR's Jeff Berman disagreed with the bunny huggers' wacky morality and in-your-face tactics. The two groups' differences were in full view as they teamed up to parade through Vail last winter.

  2. 2.

    A hippie.

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

environmentalist conservationist

词源

From tree + hugger. Popularized after the Chipko movement in India of the 1970s, who resorted to actual group hugging of trees in order to prevent deforestation. Tommy James claims that his song "Draggin' the Line" (1971) popularized the phrase.

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