sightseer

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sight·se·er /ˈsaɪtsiːə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  DLTVISITsomeone, especially a tourist, who is visiting a famous or interesting place 观光者，游览者► see thesaurus at tourist

Examples from the Corpus

sightseer• Aesop kept craning his neck about like a sightseer all the way down, until it broke.• The cries of the annoyed sightseers dying away behind them, they left the wharf and slid off downstream.• This is reflected in the fairs, festivals and sports events which are held throughout the year and which attract many sightseers.• A crowd of sightseers had gathered on the street across from the burning houses.• And police have been mobilised to keep order among hundreds of sightseers.• Some problems were the result of sightseers splashing through submerged roads in vehicles.• A uniformed man, there to ward off sightseers, saluted.

sight·se·er nounChineseSyllable  

a who Corpus a someone, especially is tourist, visiting

sightseer
sight‧se‧er /ˈsaɪtsiːə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone, especially a tourist, who is visiting a famous or interesting place
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ tourist someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday: The hotel is very popular with tourists. | a major tourist destination
   ▪ traveller British English, traveler American English someone who travels somewhere: a weary traveller returning home after a long journey | The building’s luxurious interior will appeal to business travellers. | The strike will affect air travellers. | Paul Theroux, the American traveller, once went from London to India by train.
   ▪ visitor someone who comes to visit a particular country, area, museum etc: Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.
   ▪ holiday-maker British English, vacationer American English someone who is on holiday somewhere: The beach was packed with holiday-makers. | 75 percent of Alamo's rentals are to vacationers.
   ▪ sightseer a tourist who is visiting a famous or interesting place: Crowds of sightseers come to London every year.
   ▪ backpacker someone who is travelling for pleasure, staying in cheap accommodation and carrying a backpack: a cheap hotel which is used mainly by backpackers