a person who is watching an event, especially a sports event (尤指体育比赛的)观看者,观众 The new football stadium will hold 75 000 spectators. 新足球场将能容纳75 000名观众。 Thousands of spectators lined the route of the royal procession. 成千上万的观众站在皇家游行队伍的两旁。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsb2He was rendered a virtual spectator for large parts of the game. 这场比赛的大部份时间他都在替补席。 Spectators lined the route of the president's walkabout. 围观群众在总统要经过的路上列队等候。 The stadium will seat 60 000 spectators. 该体育场将能容纳 6 万名观众。 This year's festival attracted 87 000 spectators. 今年的节日活动吸引了 87,000 名观众。 I think soccer is the best spectator sport there is. 我认为足球是最具观赏性的体育项目。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mere
- passive
- silent
- …
- crowd
- attract
- draw
- seat
- …
- gather
- turn up
- line something
- …
- event
- sport
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French spectateur or Latin spectator, from spectare ‘gaze at, observe’, frequentative of specere ‘to look’.