early adopter

☞ [2018-05-23] early adopter

牛津还是厉害啊。

收到邮件：

Hey @***,
As an early GitHub adopter, we never had the chance to ask you about your email preferences, so we’re sending this one-time message to see if you’d like to hear about new features, community events, and tips and tricks for developers using GitHub.

这 early adopter 是什么意思？

牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第 8 版）

adop·ter /əˈdɒptə(r) ; NAmE əˈdɑːptər /
noun
1. a person who adopts a child 收养者
2. a person who starts using a new technology（新技术）采用者
» early/late adopters of DVD players 早期╱后来用 DVD 机的人

其余主流学习型词典都没有把 adopter 单独作为词目，也没有提到 early adopter 。

新牛津英汉双解大词典（第 2 版）

early adopter
noun
a person who starts using a product or technology as soon as it becomes available （某产品或技术的）早期用户。

新世纪英汉大词典

early adopter
noun 【商】
(产品或技术等的)早期用户

英汉大词典（第 2 版）

early adopter
(产品等的)最先使用者

Listened to the Sample

The Outpost
An Untold Story of American Valor

By: Jake Tapper
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 11-13-12
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Audio

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