passersby
passersby — 名詞
1. People who happen to walk past a particular place, especially when something is
路人
路過的行人
People who happen to walk past a particular place, especially when something is happening there that they might notice or react to.
Two passersby stopped to help Nora when she dropped her shopping bags on the street.
兩名路人停下來幫 Nora 撿起掉在街上的購物袋。
collocation: passersby + stopped to help
A passerby noticed smoke coming from the apartment window and called the fire department.
一名路人注意到公寓窗戶冒出濃煙，於是打電話給消防隊。
passerby + notices + calls emergency services
The street musicians earned enough money from generous passersby to buy dinner that evening.
街頭藝人從慷慨的路人那裡賺到足夠的錢，買了當天的晚餐。
Leo asked a passerby whether the museum was open on Sundays during winter.
Leo 詢問路人博物館冬天週日是否有開放。
Several passersby took photos of the rainbow that appeared after the sudden rain shower.
好幾名路人拍下了驟雨過後出現的彩虹。
- bystander
emphasises someone standing near an event rather than walking past it
- pedestrian
a general term for any person travelling on foot; does not carry the idea of chance or passing through
- onlooker
focuses on someone watching what is happening rather than simply walking by
用法筆記
This is the plural form of 'passerby'. The singular is 'a passerby' ('There was only one passerby on the street at that hour'). Never write 'passerbys' — the irregular plural pattern (plural marking on the first element, like 'mothers-in-law') is the only correct form.