tourist

/ˈtʊərɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʊrɪst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtu̇r-ist/ (ame, mw)

tourist — noun

  • touristsingular
  • touristsplural

1. a person who travels to a city, country, or attraction to enjoy themselves and s

1.名詞A1
釋義

a person who travels to a city, country, or attraction to enjoy themselves and see new things, often during a holiday rather than for work or study.

例句

Every summer, thousands of tourists from Europe visit the temples in Kyoto.

tourists from [region] + visit [place]

Shirin took photos of the tourists feeding pigeons in the main square.

同義詞
  • visitor

    broader: anyone visiting a place, including for business or family, not just for pleasure

  • traveller

    suggests a longer or more independent journey; often implies less of a packaged-holiday feel

  • holidaymaker

    British, focuses on people on a vacation, often at a resort or seaside

  • sightseer

    specifically someone walking around to look at famous places or buildings

反義詞
  • local

    a person who lives in the place that tourists visit

  • resident

    more formal: someone who has their permanent home in that place

文法句型

a tourist from [country/city]

tourists visit [place]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person identified by their origin (a Japanese tourist, a tourist from Brazil) or by group size (a group of tourists, busloads of tourists). Often appears with verbs like attract, welcome, show around, and prepositions to / in / from a place.

常見錯誤

❌I went to Paris as a tourism last summer.
✅I went to Paris as a tourist last summer.
💡'tourism' is the activity or industry; the person who travels is a 'tourist'.
❌My uncle is a tourist guide in Bali.
✅My uncle is a tour guide in Bali.
💡the standard term for the job is 'tour guide', not 'tourist guide'.

2. a player belonging to a national or club squad on an organised overseas trip to

2.名詞C1
釋義

a player belonging to a national or club squad on an organised overseas trip to play a fixed run of official matches against local sides, especially in cricket or rugby.

例句

The tourists arrived in Wellington two days before their first test against New Zealand.

the tourists (visiting team) + arrive/play in [country]

Ezra scored a century for the tourists on the opening day at the Sydney ground.

score [stat] for the tourists

同義詞
  • touring side

    very common in cricket and rugby writing for the same group of players

  • visiting team

    neutral, works for any sport; not limited to international tours

反義詞
  • home side

    the team based in the country where the matches are being played

  • hosts

    the team or country welcoming the visiting players

文法句型

the tourists (referring to the visiting team)

the tourists played + [home team]

用法筆記

Almost always plural and used with 'the': 'the tourists' refers to the entire visiting squad as a unit. Distinguish from sense 1: here the people are professional athletes on duty, not holidaymakers. Most common in British sports journalism, especially cricket and rugby reporting.

常見錯誤

❌He is a tourist of the English cricket team.
✅He is touring with the English cricket team.' or 'He is one of the English tourists in Australia.
💡this sense works as a group label, not as a one-person description with 'a/an'.