Picture someone sitting in a vehicle that other people are moving: they are being carried along, not steering and not working. That one detail — along for the ride, contributing nothing to the motion — is what gets borrowed when the word is used about a team.
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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
passengernoun/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/
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One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
- It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
- A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
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informalSomebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
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falconryhobbieshuntingA young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
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obsoleteA migratory bird, a bird of passage.
- Meander, thou my faithfull Counſellor, Declare the cauſe of my conceiued griefe, Which is (God knowes) about that Tamburlaine: That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time, Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers: […]
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obsoleteA passer-by; a wayfarer.
- These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
- [The boys] have taken possession of the turnpike road to play the before-mentioned games, to the serious inconvenience of the passengers, one of whom, a woman, was yesterday knocked down by a nurr which struck her in the head.
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obsoleteA ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
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A moth, Dysgonia algira
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governmentmilitarypoliticsAny of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.
passengerverb/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/
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To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
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