英和和英

名詞

big year (複数形 big years)

1. An informal competition among birdwatchers to determine who can see or hear the largest number of species of birds within a single calendar year and within a specific geographical area.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 21:

     And so the record stood. Nobody seemed to be much concerned with it, unlike in Britain or the States where Big Years are hotly contested amongst twitchers.