| 单词 | passenger |
| 释义 | passenger (once / 155 pages) n A passenger is a person who rides in a vehicle. If you grab a ride home from school with your best friend, you are a passenger in her car. Everyone riding in a train, plane, bus, or any other vehicle is a passenger — except the driver, pilot, or crew. A passenger's only job is to ride along. In the fourteenth century, a passenger was simply a "passer-by," from the Old French passagier, "passing, fleeting, or traveling." The first instance of the modern use was recorded in the early 1500s. WORD FAMILYpassenger: passengers USAGE EXAMPLESExpect delays in passenger processing until the system is restored. Time(Jan 03, 2017) At Miami International Airport, thousands of passengers from more than 30 international flights were delayed from entering the country, a spokesman said. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Most of the passengers were Indonesians celebrating the New Year’s holiday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) but not operating it Syn|Hypo|Hyper rider commuter someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city farea paying (taxi) passenger hitchhikera person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles stowawaya person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage straphangera standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support straphangera commuter who uses public transportation traveler, traveller a person who changes location |
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