tour‧ist W3 / tʊərəst, tʊərɪst $ tʊr- / 名词 [可数名词]

someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday :

Cambridge is always full of tourists in the summer.

The Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction .

What effect will this have on the local tourist industry ?

tourist centre/destination/resort etc

Durham, with its cathedral and castle, is a popular tourist centre.

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

foreign tourists Millions of foreign tourists visit the capital every year.

an American/Japanese etc tourist She saw a crowd of Japanese tourists, cameras at the ready, wandering down the path.

动词

tourists visit a place About six million tourists visit the country each year.

tourists flock to a place (= visit it in large numbers ) Tourists have flocked to the area ever since the TV series was filmed there.

attract/draw tourists They hope to change the image of the city and attract more tourists.

tourist + NOUN

a tourist attraction (= an interesting place for tourists to see or an enjoyable activity for them to do ) Yellowstone National Park is a major tourist attraction.

a tourist destination/centre/spot Egypt became a popular tourist destination in the nineteenth century.

the tourist industry The tourist industry is booming, with more visitors this year than ever before.

the tourist season (= the period in a year when large numbers of tourists visit a place ) Even in the tourist season the beaches don’t get packed.

短语

a group/party of tourists The guide was talking to a party of tourists.

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