occupant

英 ['ɒkjʊp(ə)nt] 美['ɑkəpənt]
  • n. 居住者;占有者

词态变化


复数: occupants;

助记提示


1、oc- "over" + cup- (intensive form of cap-) + -ant.
2、含义:take over, seize, take into possession, possess, occupy.

中文词源


occupant 占用者,占据者

来自occupy,占用,占据,居住。

英文词源


occupant (n.)
1590s, "one who takes possession of something having no owner," from Middle French occupant (15c.) or directly from Latin occupantem (nominative occupans), present participle of occupare "to take possession of" (see occupy). Earlier noun form was ocupier (early 14c.).

双语例句


1. In the United States lanes are reserved for cars with more than one occupant.
在美国,多人乘坐的汽车有专行道。

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2. He shrug his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
他耸耸肩表示对那房间的住户不屑一顾。

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3. He pushed the frightened occupant aside and rushed out through the doorway.
他把吓坏了的人推到一边冲出门去.

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4. He shrugged his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
他耸耸肩表示对那房间的住户不屑一顾.

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5. The coffee - room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown.
这一天早上,餐室里除了这位棕色绅士而外并没有别的食客.

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