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单词 onlookers
释义

onlooker

noun

on·​look·​er ˈȯn-ˌlu̇-kər How to pronounce onlooker (audio)
ˈän-
: one that looks on
especially : a passive spectator
onlooking
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇-kiŋ How to pronounce onlooker (audio)
ˈän-
adjective

Synonyms

  • bystander
  • observer
  • spectator
  • viewer
  • watcher
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Example Sentences

Curious onlookers watched the ceremony. An onlooker noticed the disturbance. A crowd of onlookers gathered at the fire.
Recent Examples on the Web Watching the towering 600-pound Yamamoto, who started teaching amateur sumo wrestlers in the United States 10 years ago, rise from a metal folding chair to demonstrate the throat-thrust technique on a student makes an onlooker’s muscles tense up. Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 The game turned dramatically on that play, less than a minute into the second quarter, which an experienced onlooker could have anticipated. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2022 Posing for photos on the red carpet with their daughter, the onlooker said the parents were open with their affection towards one another. Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 Video footage of the attack, which took place at about 2 p.m. last Friday in the center of the eastern Italian beach town of Civitanova Marche, was captured by an onlooker, but no one was seen attempting to intervene. Safire R. Sostre, Essence, 2 Aug. 2022 According to an onlooker at the Houston Rockets vs. Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 Mostly, there’s a bracing openness to new possibilities, as well as a refusal to even consider the assumptions — some racist, some ageist — a concerned onlooker might bring to the situation. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 By the time an onlooker writes down the result of a play, the Colts are already lined up for the next one. The Indianapolis Star, 28 July 2022 Amid the bustle of Tijuana, the average onlooker might miss the bulge in Claudia’s belly. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

onlooker

noun

on·​look·​er ˈȯn-ˌlu̇-kər How to pronounce onlooker (audio)
ˈän-
: spectator

onlookers

noun

plural of onlooker
as in spectators
someone who sees or watches something several onlookers gave chase after the thief grabbed the woman's purse

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • spectators
  • observers
  • viewers
  • bystanders
  • witnesses
  • watchers
  • eyewitnesses
  • spies
  • voyeurs
  • peepers
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