passenger
UK/'pæsindʒә/US
NGSL 2kA2
Definitions
n.
A person who travels in a vehicle but does not drive or operate it.
乘客，旅客。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Old French passager 'one who passes through.' At its heart is pass (go past) + an agent ending: a passenger is literally 'one who is passing through' on a journey — carried along while someone else does the driving. (The extra -n- crept in from French, like in messenger.)
Root pass still carries 14 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.passenger seat副驾驶座
- 2.airline passenger航空乘客
- 3.passenger train客运列车
- 4.front-seat passenger前排乘客
Example Sentences
- 1.
The plane can carry up to three hundred passengers.
- 2.
As a passenger, I just enjoyed the scenery along the way.
- 3.
All passengers must fasten their seatbelts before takeoff.