gearhead
noun[C]
mainlyUSinformaluk/ˈɡɪə.hed/us/ˈɡɪr.hed/someone who is veryinterestedinmachinesand how theywork,especiallycarsand othervehicles:
（指对汽车或新科技设备着迷的）设备发烧友Ed was a gearhead wholikedtorestoreclassicautomobiles.艾德是一个爱好修复经典汽车的设备发烧友。
- He is a gearhead whoownsandflieshis ownsmallplane.
- He isfascinatedby theancientsteamboiler. "I've always been a gearhead," he says.
- Theartistis a selfdescribed "gearhead" and hislifelonginterestinenginesshowsin some of hissculptures.
- FastRAMisalmostneverworththemoney,unlessyou're adedicatedgameror gearhead.
- Thecompanyhas theengineeringandcomputerpower,pluslegionsofbrilliantgearheadprogrammers, that itneedstosucceed.
Miscellaneous pastimes & their participants
- asana
- bicycling
- brass rubbing
- campanologist
- coasteering
- flying fox
- gongoozler
- gongoozling
- longboarding
- modder
- numismatics
- philatelist
- philately
- pigeon fancier
- potholing
- storm chasing
- sunbathing
- tailgating
- trainspotter
- urban exploration