单词 | passer-by |
释义 | passer-byn. A person who passes or goes by, esp. on foot; a person who happens to pass. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes passera1382 passantc1436 passer-by1568 by-passer1573 pass-by1602 passer-through1843 1568 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1884) I. 117 Placed..to the Displeasure of Neighbours and passers by. 1599 in M. E. Curtis Disputes between City & Cathedral Authorities Exeter (1932) 50 They make sincks..through wch they convey..things very vnholsome and most noysome to the passers by. c1600 in Shropshire Archaeol. Soc. (1880) 3 324 Two dyalls wthout the hall the one to serve the highe streete market and passars by.., and the oder towards the corne marckett. 1616 B. Jonson Alchemist (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 634 in Wks. Some mystick character; whose radij, Striking the senses of the passers by, Shall, by a vertuall influence, breed affections. 1650 Sc. Metrical Psalms lxxxix. 41 He to all passers by [earlier versions commers by] a spoil, to neighbours is a scorn. 1759 J. Duncombe tr. Horace Epodes iv, in W. Duncombe et al. tr. Horace Wks. II. 14 Every free-born Passer-by Turns from the Slave his scornful Eye! 1799 R. Southey Ruined Cottage in Wks. (1838) III. 32 Methinks I see her Raising her eyes and dark-rimm'd spectacles To see the passer-by. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. viii. 162 Anne was enabled to place herself..much more within reach of a passer-by . View more context for this quotation 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. iv. 78 The steps of the passers-by..kept her awake. 1917 E. Wharton Summer vii. 90 The risk of being interrupted by some passer-by..restricted their intercourse to the exchange of commonplaces. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xii. 59 When he did begin to encounter passers-by, they didn't even understand. 1993 F. Collymore Day at Races 156 The many urchins along the roadside, waving wads of gaudy pink and blue and yellow paper which they thrust into the faces of the passersby. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568 |
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