mindmap root((PHIL)) oenophile A person with an appreciation and usually knowledge of fine wine.
🌱As an amateur oenophile, he was constantly talking to his friends in the vocabulary of wine tasting. 🌳The root oeno- comes from the Greek word meaning "wine." The oenophile should be distinguished from the oenologist, or "student of wine," who has a technical knowledge of the cultivation of wine grapes and of the whole winemaking process. Oenophiles may not know how to make a great wine, but they know one when they taste it. Not only that, but they can describe it using nouns like nose, finish, and bouquet, as well as adjectives such as woody, full-bodied, robust, and noble. philatelist A person who collects or studies stamps.
🌱The U.S. Postal Service issues first-day covers of each new stamp design especially for philatelists. 🌳The first postage stamps were made available on May 1, 1840, in England, and it didn't take long for the hobby of stamp collecting to arise. Within a year, a young London lady was letting it be known in a newspaper advertisement that she was "desirous of covering her dressing room with cancelled postage stamps." Philately has been alive and well ever since, though modern philatelists—including rock stars, English kings, and American presidents—are more likely to put the stamps they collect in special albums. Anglophile A person who greatly admires or favors England and English things.
🌱His grandparents were Anglophiles, and whenever they had guests in the afternoon the beautiful silver tea service would come out. 🌳Even after fighting two wars against Britain, Americans continued to regard England with more fondness than perhaps any other country. For much of our history, Americans have sought to imitate the British in any number of ways—American movie stars even used to adopt British accents—and the two countries have long been close allies. But Britain isn't the only country Americans fall in love with; Francophiles （France-lovers）, Germanophiles （Germany-lovers）, and Italophiles （Italy-lovers） are also common. In the 19th century, Russian Slavophiles called for rejecting European culture in favor of homegrown Russian culture （Slavs being those who speak a Slavic language such as Russian or Polish）. Occasionally phil- words are turned around; thus, someone who is philosemitic is a lover of Jewish culture. philanthropy 1、 A charitable act or gift.
2、 An organization that distributes or is supported by charitable contributions.
🌱Her last philanthropy was dedicated to protecting a vast area in central Africa where many of the great apes lived. 🌳With its anthro- root （See ANTHROP,） philanthropy means literally "love of mankind." Thus, philanthropy is giving money for a purpose or cause benefiting people who you don't personally know. （Animals are usually included as well. Individuals have often set up their own permanent philanthropic organizations in the form of foundations. The greatest American philanthropists have included Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller, but tens of millions of us could be considered philanthropists on a much smaller scale.