bystandern.

Brit.

/ˈbʌɪˌstandə/, U.S.

/ˈbaɪˌstændər/

Forms: 1500s– bystander, 1600s–1800s byestander.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by- comb. form, stander n.

Etymology: < by- comb. form + stander n., after to stand by at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare stander-by n.

A person who is present when something is happening but is not involved; a spectator or onlooker. Cf. innocent bystander at innocent adj. and n. Additions.

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

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action

bystander1534

sitter-byc1555

the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > person or thing that is present > without intervening

bystander1534

1534 tr. G. Savonarola Expos. li. Psalme sig. C.iii^v When he was yet ones more enquyred of the bystanders [L. astantibus] and was accused to be one of his disyples, he began to curse & to swere that he knewe the not.

1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aiij The by standers (whiche commonlye see more then the plaiers).

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 439 The Gunpowder..being by chance fired, destroyed many of the by-standers.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxiii. 184 I heard him say..in an audible whisper,—which is a mode of speech very distressing and disagreeable to by-standers [etc.].

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 269 A bye-stander will see nothing of the image.

1889 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 13 June The simple, earnest words brought comfort to the heart of the bereaved girl, and caused the bystanders to indulge in sundry solemn ratificatory nods.

1913 J. K. Hewison Covenanters II. xxix. 452 When he began to address the bystanders thus, ‘My faint zeal for the Protestant religion has brought me to this end’, the drums rolled, and the hangman turned him over.

1969 J. Gaskell Sweet Sweet Summer 156 They fired off a few random shots, v. humiliated, and I was glad none of the cowering passengers and bystanders helpless on the escalators was hit.

2017 B. Mutch Girl from Simon's Bay xliv. 266 I began to realise that my role was not simply to wait, as David asked of me. I didn't have to be a bystander. I had a choice, too.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	bystander
释义	bystandern. Brit. /ˈbʌɪˌstandə/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌstændər/ Forms: 1500s– bystander, 1600s–1800s byestander. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by- comb. form, stander n. Etymology: < by- comb. form + stander n., after to stand by at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare stander-by n. A person who is present when something is happening but is not involved; a spectator or onlooker. Cf. innocent bystander at innocent adj. and n. Additions. 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 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action bystander1534 sitter-byc1555 the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > person or thing that is present > without intervening bystander1534 1534 tr. G. Savonarola Expos. li. Psalme sig. C.iii^v When he was yet ones more enquyred of the bystanders [L. astantibus] and was accused to be one of his disyples, he began to curse & to swere that he knewe the not. 1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aiij The by standers (whiche commonlye see more then the plaiers). 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 439 The Gunpowder..being by chance fired, destroyed many of the by-standers. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxiii. 184 I heard him say..in an audible whisper,—which is a mode of speech very distressing and disagreeable to by-standers [etc.]. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 269 A bye-stander will see nothing of the image. 1889 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 13 June The simple, earnest words brought comfort to the heart of the bereaved girl, and caused the bystanders to indulge in sundry solemn ratificatory nods. 1913 J. K. Hewison Covenanters II. xxix. 452 When he began to address the bystanders thus, ‘My faint zeal for the Protestant religion has brought me to this end’, the drums rolled, and the hangman turned him over. 1969 J. Gaskell Sweet Sweet Summer 156 They fired off a few random shots, v. humiliated, and I was glad none of the cowering passengers and bystanders helpless on the escalators was hit. 2017 B. Mutch Girl from Simon's Bay xliv. 266 I began to realise that my role was not simply to wait, as David asked of me. I didn't have to be a bystander. I had a choice, too. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1534
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