bystander

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.
    — If he wins, he will be at liberty, perhaps, to give vent to a laugh, or to pass a remark on the circumstance to a bystander, or to stake again, or to double his stake; but, even this he must do solely out of curiosity, and for the pleasure of watching the play of chances and of calculations, and not because of any vulgar desire to win.

词形变化

bystanders plural bye-stander alternative by-stander alternative

词源

From by- + stander. Compare passerby.
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