an autograph hound 爱请人签名题字的人
【讲解】
hound本是“猎狗”的意思,但也有“有……瘾的人(常用以构成复合词)”。An autograph hound就是指“爱请人在纪念册上签名题字的人”。
【对话】
A:Have you ever seen Bill's collection of autographs?
A: 你看过比尔的签名集吗?
B: Yeah.He's a dved-in-the-wool autograph hound. He's collected the autographs of every football star.
B:嗯,他爱请人题名,都着魔了,每个足球明星的签名他都有。
A: Do you like to do that?
A:你喜欢那么做吗?
B: No,I have no interest in that.
B:不,我对此不感兴趣。