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单词 onlooker
释义
onlookeron‧look‧er /ˈɒnˌlʊkə $ ˈɑːn-, ˈɒːn-/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the accident.
  • The child glanced fearfully around the small circle of onlookers.
  • The last few runners appeared, to an accompanying cheer from the crowd of onlookers.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • About 40 curious onlookers stood by as firefighters cut the windshield with an ax.
  • And there was a good turn out of onlookers on the river bank.
  • The concept of county supervisor as onlooker is presented throughout the proposed charter.
  • The crowd of onlookers had grown.
  • The soldiers so blocked spectators' view that the onlookers cheered, thinking the president was in the carriage.
  • This was achieved by turning half away with a repressed sigh so that the onlooker observed the profile which photographed very pleasingly.
  • With a terrible flash that all but blinded the onlookers the island vanished, around it the storm of magical energy.
  • With his free hand, he beckoned the startled onlookers to come closer.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is watching an event or performance
someone who is watching an event or game: · The game was watched by over 50,000 spectators.· There are no facilities for spectators at the pool.· Someone was juggling in the street, and a small group of spectators had gathered to watch.
someone who watches a television programme - used especially in newspapers and news reports: · The concert was seen by 500 million viewers around the world.· Millions of television viewers tuned in to the president's speech.
a group of people who have come to a place to watch a play, concert, film etc: · Actors, wearing masks, came down among the audience.· I'm not sure that this film will appeal to British audiences.· The show has delighted television audiences in the United States and Britain.in the audience: · There seemed to be quite a lot of young people in the audience.
someone who is watching an event, especially when they did not come specially to watch it but just happened to see it: · The child glanced fearfully around the small circle of onlookers.· The last few runners appeared, to an accompanying cheer from the crowd of onlookers.
someone who watches an event, activity, or situation, especially someone who has been officially sent there in order to report back about it to an organization or country: · She's been sent as an observer to the UN aid conference.· Most political observers believe that the president will now have to resign.· Military observers have been allowed into the area to monitor the ceasefire.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=of people who stop to watch something that is happening)· A crowd of onlookers had gathered to see what all the fuss was about.
someone who watches something happening without being involved in it:  A crowd of onlookers had gathered at the scene of the accident. look on at look1
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