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tree hugger
noun[ C ]
informalhumorous often disapprovinguk /ˈtriː ˌhʌɡ.ər/ us /ˈtriː ˌhʌɡ.ɚ/
someone who is very interested in protecting the environment对保护环境非常感兴趣的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Environmental issues
agroecology
air pollution
anoxia
anoxic
anti-conservation
carbon capture
dumping ground
eco-audit
eco-footprint
efficiency
energy conservation
energy security
environmental justice
environmentalism
reduce, reuse, recycleidiom
rewilding
runoff
scrapyard
scrubber
sequester
Examples of tree hugger
tree hugger
Sport hunting has done more damage than any lib or treehugger ever could.
From CNN
Green in that "save the planet" sense is thought of as a four-letter word here -- associated with liberal tie-dyed tree huggers.
From NPR
We should all be tree huggers and environmentalists.
From CNN
To satisfy the tree huggers.
From CNN
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