1N-COUNT 乘客;旅客 A passenger in a vehicle such as a bus, boat, or plane is a person who is travelling in it, but who is not driving it or working on it. →see usage note at:client乘客;旅客
Mr Fullemann was a passenger in the car when it crashed.
出车祸时,福勒曼先生正在那辆车上。
...a flight from Milan with more than forty passengers on board.
搭载着四十多名乘客的米兰来的航班
2ADJ [ADJ n]乘客的;旅客的Passenger is used to describe something that is designed for passengers, rather than for drivers or goods. 乘客的;旅客的
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PASSENGER | PASSENGER + VERB | PASSENGER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤business-class, coach (= the cheapest seats in a plane or train) (NAmE) , economy-class, first-class商務艙乘客;經濟艙乘客;頭等艙乘客➤front-seat前排的乘客➤back-seat, rear-seat (especially BrE) 後排的乘客➤air, airline, bus, coach (= on a coach/bus) (BrE) , ferry, rail, subway, train, underground (BrE) 飛機乘客;公共汽車乘客;客車乘客;輪渡乘客;火車乘客;地鐵乘客➤cruise遊輪乘客➤pillion (= riding on the back of a motorcycle) (BrE) 摩托車後座乘客➤fellow同行的乘客◇I soon got talking to my fellow passengers.很快我就和同行的客人聊起來了。VERB + PASSENGER➤carry, fly, transport運送乘客◇Last year the airline carried 4.6 million passengers.去年這家航空公司運送乘客 460 萬人次。➤board, let on, pick up, take on搭載乘客;接乘客◇Flight 717 began boarding passengers.717 號航班開始登機。◇A taxi was picking up a passenger outside the hotel.一輛出租車正在酒店外面接一名乘客。➤drop off, let off, let out讓乘客下車◇The bus stopped to let its passengers off.公共汽車停下來,讓乘客下車。➤screen掃描檢查乘客◇All airports in the country screen passengers for illicit drugs.國內所有機場都要對乘客進行掃描檢查看是否攜帶違禁毒品。➤accommodate容納乘客◇The ship can accommodate 450 passengers.這艘船能載 450 名乘客。➤evacuate疏散乘客◇All the passengers had to be evacuated.必須疏散所有乘客。PASSENGER + VERB➤wait乘客等候◇The passengers were waiting to board the plane.乘客正在等待登機。➤be aboard (sth), fly, go in sth, go on sth, ride sth, ride in sth, travel in sth, travel on sth乘客在(⋯)上面;乘客搭乘⋯;乘客搭乘⋯去旅行◇the first-class passengers aboard steamboats輪船上的頭等艙乘客➤board (sth), come aboard (sth), embark (on sth), get on (sth), go aboard (sth)乘客上(⋯)▸➤disembark, get off, get out乘客下船/下車/下機➤arrive乘客到達➤be stranded乘客被迫滯留◇Thousands of passengers were stranded last night at Heathrow airport.數千乘客昨天晚上滯留希思羅機場。PASSENGER + NOUN➤cabin, compartment客艙;乘客車廂➤door, window客艙門;客艙舷窗➤seat, side乘客座位◇There is no airbag on the passenger side.乘客座位沒有安全氣囊。➤comfort, safety乘客的舒適/安全➤aircraft, ferry, jet, liner, plane, ship, train, vehicle客機;客渡;噴氣客機;客輪;客船;客運列車;客運車輛➤car, van (both NAmE) 小客車◇Sales of passenger cars grew by 22% last year.去年小客車的銷售增長 22%。➤flight, services客運航班/服務➤numbers, traffic, volume乘客人數;客運;客運量◇Global air passenger traffic rose over 20%.全球航空客運量增長超過 20%。➤capacity, load載客量➤area, station, terminal乘客區;客運站;候機樓➤list, records乘客名單;客運記錄PREPOSITION➤passenger for去⋯的乘客◇Will all passengers for Mumbai please go to Gate 21?前往孟買的乘客請到 21 號登機口登機。➤passenger in在⋯裏的乘客◇the passengers in her car她轎車裏的乘客➤passenger on在⋯上的乘客◇all the passengers on the ferry渡船上的所有乘客
➡ See also the entry for tourist另见tourist条passenger ♦︎ traveller ♦︎ commuterThese are all words for a person who travels on or in a vehicle.这些词均表示乘客、旅客。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a regular passenger / traveller / commuter◆rail passengers / travellers / commuters◆passenger / commuter fares / services / traffic / trains■passenger [countable] a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it乘客;旅客◆The car can carry up to five passengers.这辆汽车最多能载五名乘客。◆None of the passengers or crew was injured.没有乘客或机组人员受伤。◆Airline passengers face steep rises in fares.飞机乘客面临机票价格大幅上升。■traveller (especially BrE) (NAmE usuallytraveler) [countable] a person who is travelling or who often travels旅行者;旅客;游客◆He passed the time chatting to his fellow travellers.他和同行的旅客闲聊消磨时间。◆Seasoned travellers(= experienced travellers) know which places to avoid.经验丰富的旅行者知道要避开哪些地方。 see also travel ⇨ go2■commuter kəˈmjuːtə(r) [countable] a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away(远距离)上下班往返的人◆The train was packed with commuters.火车上挤满了上下班的人。◆There has been an increase in the numbers of daily commuters into London.每天乘车去伦敦上班的人数有所增加。◆A commuter plane crashed in heavy fog.一架班机在大雾中坠毁。◆She lives in a small commuter town, 25 miles from San Francisco.她住在一个通勤族聚居的小镇上,离旧金山25英里。▸commute
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[intransitive, transitive] ◆She commutes from Cambridge to Boston every day.她每天上下班往返于坎布里奇和波士顿之间。◆People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.急需工作的人愿意长途乘车往返上下班。