citizen scientist
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪt.ɪ.zən ˈsaɪ.ən.tɪst/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪst/anordinarypersonwithoutspecialtrainingwho doesscientificwork, forexamplecollectinginformationinordertohelpscientists:
公民科学家,民间科学家(没有受过专门训练的普通人从事科学工作,例如为助科学家一臂之力而收集资料)You canbecomeacitizenscientistandhelptrackclimatechange.你可以成为一名民间科学家,帮助追踪气候变化。
Acitizenscientistmightreportabirdthatnormallydoesn'tlivein aregion.民间科学家可能会报告在某个地区发现了一只通常不在那里生活的鸟儿。
- She is one of about 120citizenscientistsparticipatingin Project Wildbird, the firstnationwidescientificstudytodeterminewhattypesoffeedandfeedersbirdsprefer.
- Citizenscientistslookingthroughtheirhometelescopeshave been the first todiscoversupernovasanddistantgalaxies,cometsandasteroids.
- Wanted: Citizenscientiststohelpbiologistsassessthehealthofourregion's shallow-waterfishpopulations.
- They areaskingcitizenscientiststoworkalongsidetrainedscholarsbymonitoringtheplantsintheirgardens.
Testing, checking and experimenting
- artefact
- assay
- calibrate
- calibration
- check out
- crucible
- factorial
- feeler
- inoculate
- inoculation
- inspect
- inspection
- recheck
- reinspect
- reinspection
- resample
- rescreen
- road test
- screening
- welfare check