1580s, from Latin spectator "viewer, watcher," from past participle stem of spectare "to view, watch" (see spectacle). Spectator sport is attested from 1943. Related: Spectatorial. Fem. form spectatress (1630s) is less classically correct than spectatrix (1610s).
双语例句
1. The most popular spectator sport is football.
观赏性强、最受欢迎的体育运动是足球。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A spectator threw the ball back to the players.
一个观众把球掷回给球员.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.
他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The role of a work is to communicate its message to the spectator.
一部艺术作品的作用在于把它的含义传达给观众.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. His mind seemed as passive as a spectator at a diorama.
