英语词汇“onlooker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An onlooker is someone who watches something but isn't directly involved in it. The spectators at a boxing match or a dog show or a marathon are all onlookers.

If you observe an event but you don't participate in it, you're an onlooker. The event itself might be a performance of some kind, like a concert or a football match, or it might be some undesirable occurrence: "The firefighters battled the blaze while onlookers watched in horror." Onlooker dates from the early seventeenth century, from the sense of "looking on."

WORD FAMILY

onlooker: onlookers

USAGE EXAMPLES

Amused onlookers posted photos of the sign on social media.

Time(Jan 01, 2017)

Onlookers donning oversized 2017 eyeglasses and green Statue of Liberty hats were screened by police Saturday afternoon ahead of the midnight bash.

Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)

Their whiskery, puppy-like faces and lolling, seemingly serene behavior often delights onlookers.

Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016)

n someone who looks on

Syn|Hyper

looker-on

looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

单词	onlooker
释义	onlooker (once / 2528 pages) n An onlooker is someone who watches something but isn't directly involved in it. The spectators at a boxing match or a dog show or a marathon are all onlookers. If you observe an event but you don't participate in it, you're an onlooker. The event itself might be a performance of some kind, like a concert or a football match, or it might be some undesirable occurrence: "The firefighters battled the blaze while onlookers watched in horror." Onlooker dates from the early seventeenth century, from the sense of "looking on." WORD FAMILY onlooker: onlookers USAGE EXAMPLES Amused onlookers posted photos of the sign on social media. Time(Jan 01, 2017) Onlookers donning oversized 2017 eyeglasses and green Statue of Liberty hats were screened by police Saturday afternoon ahead of the midnight bash. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Their whiskery, puppy-like faces and lolling, seemingly serene behavior often delights onlookers. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) n someone who looks on Syn\|Hyper looker-on looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
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