eyewitness
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++eye·wit·ness /ˈaɪˌwɪtnəs/ ●○○ noun [countable] SCCsomeone who has seen something such as a crime happen, and is able to describe it afterwards 目击者；见证人eyewitness account/report/testimony According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd. 据目击者描述，士兵向人群开了枪。 One eyewitness said he saw her talking to a man in a blue car. 一名目击者说他看见她在跟一个坐在蓝色汽车里的男子说话。
Examples from the Corpus
eyewitness• Here was an eyewitness account of Butch at the murder scene.• Attempts r3,20,21 to determine from eyewitness reports typically give shallow trajectories, in the range 5-17°.• Police documents also describe him as the suspect in the slaying of the lone eyewitness to one of those killings.• He says it could be an engine failure but no eyewitnesses noticed a change in engine note.• Sheriff's detectives had no eyewitnesses to the shootings.• Dozens of eyewitness accounts confirmed the existence of these discreet departures to destinations far from Kosovo.• Reliable eyewitness reports of actual events, when embedded in such a list, suffered a serious erosion of credibility.• For centuries the Ensisheim fall remained the only case in which eyewitness reports of a fall were combined with preserved meteoritic material.• They further assert that this value is consistent with eyewitness accounts.eyewitness account/report/testimony• Here was an eyewitness account of Butch at the murder scene.• Some implications of these results for eyewitness testimony and for the psychology of driving are considered.• This is consistent with recent studies on attention focusing in eyewitness testimony.• Our final source of information about large airbursts is eyewitness reports.• There is little eyewitness reporting; there are almost no actual scenes of the speculators and hucksters at work.• Dozens of eyewitness accounts confirmed the existence of these discreet departures to destinations far from Kosovo.• The author also provides eyewitness accounts of the Kolno massacre.• For centuries the Ensisheim fall remained the only case in which eyewitness reports of a fall were combined with preserved meteoritic material.eye·wit·ness nounChineseSyllable
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eyewitness
eye‧wit‧ness /ˈaɪˌwɪtnəs, ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs/
noun [countable]
someone who has seen something such as a crime happen, and is able to describe it afterwards
eyewitness account/report/testimony
According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
One eyewitness said he saw her talking to a man in a blue car.
eye‧wit‧ness /ˈaɪˌwɪtnəs, ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs/
noun [countable]someone who has seen something such as a crime happen, and is able to describe it afterwards
eyewitness account/report/testimony
witness a person who sees sth happen and is able to describe it to other people; a person who gives evidence in a court of law 指目击者、见证人、证人 ：◆ Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident.警方呼吁这起事故的目击者出来作证。 observer a person who sees sth happen 指观察者、目击者 ：◆ According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off. 据目击者说，飞机起飞后不久就爆炸了。 onlooker a person who watches sth that is happening but is not involved in it 指旁观者 ：◆ A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。 passer-by a person who is going past sb/sth by chance, especially when sth unexpected happens 指路人、过路的人，尤指意想不到的事发生时碰巧路过的 ：◆ Police asked passers-by if they had witnessed the accident. 警察询问过路的人是否目击了这次事故。 bystander a person who is near and can see what is happening when sth such as an accident or fight takes place 指现场目击者、旁观者 ：◆ Three innocent bystanders were killed in the crossfire.三名无辜的旁观者在交火中丧生。 eyewitness a person who has seen a crime or accident and can describe it afterwards 指犯罪或事故现场的目击者、见证人
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a witness/an observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander/an eyewitness sees sthan observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander witnesses sth