evacuee
noun /ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
/ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
- a person who is sent away from a place because it is dangerous, especially during a war
(尤指战时)被疏散者,撤离者 - Allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee.
有津贴支付接待撤离者的费用。 - During 1942 evacuee families started to arrive in the town.
1942年,撤离的家庭开始抵达这个城镇。
词源early 20th cent. (originally in the French form): from French évacué, past participle of évacuer, from Latin evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’. - Allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee.