| 单词 | looker-on |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslooker-on looker-on n. now somewhat archaic a person who looks on; an observer, a spectator; cf. onlooker n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bystander or onlooker circumstanta1513 bystander1534 stander-by1534 looker-on?1536 onlooker1550 titlark1800 tricoteuse1828 railbird1894 ?1536 W. Marshall Luther's Images Verye Chrysten Bysshop sig. s.viii They them selues..hauyng theyr goodly fethers plucked a way from them, do prouoke ye lokers on to laughter. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) v. sig. Kv I all this while, Stand but a looker on. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 161. ⁋2 To gain the Approbation of the Lookers-on. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh ix. 85 Every fool knows that lookers-on see most of the game. 1915 St. Nicholas June 704/1 His protestations and struggles would merely amuse the lookers-on. 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold i. ix. 101 They were fine expensive bars in the beginning that I went to with sympathetic and helpful lookers-on. < as lemmas |
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