missing person

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ˌmissing ˈperson noun (plural missing persons) [countable]  SCPDISAPPEARsomeone who has disappeared and whose family has asked the police to try to find them 失踪者

Examples from the Corpus

missing person• Another missing person to look for, too.• All this time Bob Southwell had been appraising the place from the point of view of the missing person enquiry.• There is an urge to recapture the missing person in some way by hanging on to memories, and treasures.

ˌmissing ˈperson nounChineseSyllable  

has family someone whose and Corpus disappeared who

missing person
ˌmissing ˈperson noun (plural missing persons) [countable]
someone who has disappeared and whose family has asked the police to try to find them

missing personBrE /ˌmɪsɪŋ ˈpɜːsn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsɪŋ ˈpɜːrsn/ 🔊 noun (

plural

missing persons) a person who has disappeared from their home and whose family are trying to find them with the help of the police 失踪的人；下落不明者