passerby

passerby — 名詞

1. someone who is going past a place, often by chance and without being part of wha

1.名詞B2
釋義

路人

剛好經過某處的人

someone who is going past a place, often by chance and without being part of what is happening there.

例句

Marcus asked a passerby where the nearest post office was.

Marcus 問一位路人最近的郵局在哪裡。

ask a passerby where ...

A passerby heard the crash and called an ambulance from the corner shop.

一名路人聽見撞擊聲後，在街角商店打電話叫了救護車。

passerby as chance witness

同義詞
  • bystander

    often used when someone is near an accident, fight, or other unexpected event

  • onlooker

    suggests stopping to watch with interest or curiosity

  • pedestrian

    broader and more technical; simply means a person walking

  • witness

    used when the person saw something important and can report it later

文法句型

a passerby

[number] passersby

ask a passerby for [information]

用法筆記

Usually refers to someone unknown who is only at the scene for a short time, not a person who belongs there. The irregular plural is 'passersby', and the word is especially common in reports about accidents or street events.

常見錯誤

❌Several passerby stopped to help the cyclist.
✅Several passersby stopped to help the cyclist.
💡the plural adds -s to 'passer', not to 'by'.
❌The shop owner chatted with the same passerby every morning.
✅The shop owner chatted with the same neighbour every morning.
💡a passerby is someone only going past, not a regular local person.