buff 復習

　ハリケーンイルマは甚大な被害をもたらしましたが、瓦礫の中から数百年前のものと思われるカヌーが発見されました。
Canoe unearthed by Hurricane Irma could be hundreds of years old

A Florida photographer on an early-morning bike ride the day after Hurricane Irma ravaged the coast stumbled upon an exciting find: a dugout canoe that may be hundreds of years old, according to officials.

“As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what it was,” Randy Lathrop, a self-proclaimed history buff, told ABC News of his unusual discovery.

The canoe washed up from the Indian River, north of Cocoa, Florida, along what locals have dubbed Florida’s “Space Coast” for its proximity to the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

“I can look across the river and see the launch pad and the vehicle assembly building. It’s a real contrast,” Lathrop said of the area where the canoe was found, which is steeped in Native American history.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/canoe-unearthed-hurricane-irma-hundreds-years/story?id=49871086

　取り上げる単語は"buff"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「…狂（通、ファン）」や「黄褐色」とあり、"a jazz buff"で「ジャズ狂」となります。また、"(all) in the buff"で「（人）が丸裸の（で）」という表現もあります。ここでは「…狂」の意味で使われており、「歴史狂、歴史好き」となるかと思います。LDOCEでは、"wine/film/opera etc buff"で"someone who is interested in wine, films etc and knows a lot about them"と定義されています。(Akim)