onlooker
noun /ˈɒnlʊkə(r)/
/ˈɑːnlʊkər/
- a person who watches something that is happening but is not involved in it
旁观者 - A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.
在撞车现场聚集了一大群围观者。
Synonyms witnesswitness- observer
- onlooker
- passer-by
- bystander
- eyewitness
- witness a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people; a person who gives evidence in a court of law:
- Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident.
警方呼吁这起事故的目击者出来作证。
- Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident.
- observer a person who sees something happen:
- According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
据目击者说，飞机起飞后不久就爆炸了。
- According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
- onlooker a person who watches something that is happening but is not involved in it:
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.
在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.
- passer-by a person who is going past somebody/something by chance, especially when something unexpected happens:
- Police asked passers-by if they had witnessed the accident.
警察询问过路的人是否目击了这次事故。
- Police asked passers-by if they had witnessed the accident.
- bystander a person who is near and can see what is happening when something such as an accident or fight takes place:
- Three innocent bystanders were killed in the crossfire.
三名无辜的旁观者在交火中丧生。
- Three innocent bystanders were killed in the crossfire.
- eyewitness a person who has seen a crime or accident and can describe it afterwards.
指犯罪或事故现场的目击者、见证人
- a witness/an observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander/an eyewitness sees something
- an observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander witnesses something
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.