| 单词 | visitor |
| 释义 | visitor /viz"i teuhr/, n. a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like. [1400-50; late ME visitour < AF; OF visiteor < LL visitator, equiv. to L visita(re) to VISIT + -tor -TOR] Syn. VISITOR, CALLER, GUEST, VISITANT are terms for a person who comes to spend time with or stay with others, or in a place. A VISITOR often stays some time, for social pleasure, for business, sightseeing, etc.: a visitor at our neighbor's house. A CALLER comes for a brief (usually) formal visit: The caller merely left her card. A GUEST is anyone receiving hospitality, and the word has been extended to include anyone who pays for meals and lodging: a welcome guest; a hotel guest. VISITANT applies esp. to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being: a warbler as a visitant. |
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