contestant
noun /kənˈtestənt/
/kənˈtestənt/
- a person who takes part in a contest or competition
比赛者；竞争者 - Please welcome our next contestant.
请欢迎我们的下一位竞赛选手。 - She had once been a contestant in the Miss World competition.
她曾经是世界小姐比赛的选手。 - The show features six contestants from different parts of the country.
该节目由来自全国各地的六名参赛者组成。
Collocations DictionaryContestant is used after these nouns:- beauty
词源mid 17th cent.: from French, present participle of contester, from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’. - Please welcome our next contestant.