visitor
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vis·it·or /ˈvɪzɪtə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] VISITsomeone who comes to visit a place or a person 观光者,参观者;访问者,探望者 Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually. 时代广场每年吸引三千多万游客。visitor to Rina is a frequent visitor to the city. 里娜是这个城市的常客。visitor from visitors from overseas 海外来客► see thesaurus at tourist → health visitorExamples from the Corpus
visitor• Doug, I think you have a visitor.• But visitors to the hills outside town are greeted by unpaved roads and signs warning trespassers to keep out.• Some places have even seen the publicity over new fees attracting extra visitors.• Its size indicated that no extra visitors were expected.• We have nowhere for visitors to sleep at the moment as the spare room is being decorated.• Colette offered her visitor a glass of wine.• I've been asked to show some important visitors round the department.• The more expensive we make the United States, the fewer international visitors we will attract.• These were painted with white numbers and made simple bathing rings for the visitors.• It was the visitors who pressed for the meeting.• Stages and canal boats had been crowded with visitors descending on the twin communities.visitor to• Rina is a frequent visitor to the city.vis·it·or nounChineseSyllable
place a someone visit comes to or who Corpus
visitor
vis‧it‧or S3 W2 /ˈvɪzətə, ˈvɪzɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]someone who comes to visit a place or a person:
Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.
visitor to
Rina is a frequent visitor to the city.
visitor from
visitors from overseas
⇨ health visitor
▪ 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
vis‧it‧or S3 W2 /ˈvɪzətə, ˈvɪzɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]someone who comes to visit a place or a person:
visitor to
visitor from
⇨ health visitor
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