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spotter

/spot-er/US // ˈspɒt ər //UK // (ˈspɒtə) //

观测员,观测者,观察者,察看者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
    • : a civilian who watches for enemy airplanes.
    • : Informal. a person employed to watch the activity and behavior of others, especially employees, as for evidence of dishonesty.
    • : Military. an observer at a forward position who singles out targets for gunners.
    • : a person or thing that spots.
    • : a small black disk attached to the target to make more prominent the places where a bullet has hit.
    • : an assistant to a sportscaster who provides the names of the players chiefly involved in each play of a game, especially a football game.
    • : Gymnastics, Tumbling. a person who is stationed in the most effective place to guard against an injury to a performer in the act of executing a maneuver.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlookout

Examples

  • The spotters communicate by radio, and the guided bombs read GPS coordinates for more accurate strikes.

  • Cloud spotters could see a catalogue of types slowly drifting across the blue.

  • Laviolette said after the game that Samsonov was pulled by a concussion protocol spotter.

  • If a tornado warning is issued for your location, it means a tornado has been indicated by radar or seen by a storm spotter and you should seek shelter immediately in the lowest floor of a strong building in an interior room.

  • I think it was crucial that we had three dirt bikes and spotters constantly.

  • "It's probably that cow-boy spotter of Norcross's, but he can't get away," Hatch was gritting—meaning Tarbell, probably.

  • He was still below the alleged spotter with its straw-stuffed observer when Tam dived for him.

  • Not the least dangerous of the many services the airplane is performing is that of the artillery “spotter.”

  • Or he may have to report the results of a mock bombardment, and thus prepare himself for the duties of the artillery “spotter.”

  • We were watching the top of the hill and saw the little L4 spotter planes flying low and directing the artillery fire.