单词 | responder |
释义 | responder (once / 21687 pages) n A responder is someone who answers a question or who acts quickly in response to some event. If there's only one responder to all of your teacher's questions, he'll start calling on other students to answer as well. Anyone who responds, or reacts, in some way is a responder, whether their responses are spoken, sung, or acted out physically. You're likely to find this word in the context of "first responders," a term that's used for police officers, firefighters, EMTs, or anyone else whose job puts them among the people who help in an emergency or disaster. WORD FAMILYresponder: responders+/respond: responded, respondent, responder, responding, responds, responsive/respondent: co-respondent, respondently, respondents/responsive: responsively, responsiveness, unresponsive/unresponsive: unresponsively, unresponsiveness USAGE EXAMPLESThe Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, fire department first responders, the Walton Sheriff’s Office, the Coast Guard and others assisted in searching for the man. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was a difficult year for first responders, who also mourned the death of Prince George’s County firefighter John “Skillet” Ulmschneider, 37. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Relatives attempted CPR before local emergency responders arrived on the scene. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) n someone who responds Syn|Hypo|Hyper answerer, respondent assenter a person who assents equivocator, hedger, tergiversatora respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer intervieweea person who is interviewed examinee, testeesomeone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) don't-knowa person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll passera student who passes an examination communicator a person who communicates with others |
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