pas‧sen‧ger S3 W2 / pæsɪndʒə, -s ə n- $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc, but is not driving it or working on it :

Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt.

passenger train/plane/ship

a crash involving a passenger train

bus/rail/airline passengers

Rail passengers now face even longer delays.

2 British English someone in a group who does not do their share of the group’s work :

The company can’t afford to carry any passengers.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

carry passengers The aeroplane was carrying over 500 passengers.

passengers travel somewhere More than 7.6m rail passengers travelled on the Eurostar rail service last year.

passengers get on/off a bus/plane etc The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.

passengers board a plane/train formal (= get on it ) The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.

passengers are stranded (= are unable to continue their journey ) At least 1,000 passengers were stranded at the airport because of the storm.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + passenger

rail passengers Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.

airline passengers All airline passengers arriving at Heathrow must go through customs.

bus passengers Bus passengers are facing higher fares.

foot passengers (= passengers on a boat, who are not in a car or other vehicle ) A queue of foot passengers was waiting to get on the ferry.

passenger + NOUN

a passenger train (= rather than a goods train ) The driver of the passenger train was unable to stop in time.

a passenger plane/jet It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.

a passenger ship It is the biggest passenger ship afloat.

THESAURUS

people who travel

traveller British English , traveler American English someone who is travelling a long distance : Weary travellers waited at the airport. | My aunt was a great traveller. (= she travelled a lot ) .

tourist someone who is travelling somewhere for a holiday : During the summer, over a million tourists visit the island each year.

passenger someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, ship etc but not driving it or working on it : The driver and two passengers were killed in the crash.

commuter someone who travels to work every day : commuters on the train to London

backpacker someone who travels to a lot of different places, carrying their clothes etc in a rucksack : The hostels are great for backpackers.

explorer someone who travels to places that people have not visited before : Potatoes were brought to England by explorers such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.