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incomer

/in-kuhm-er/US // ˈɪnˌkʌm ər //UK // (ˈɪnkʌmə) //

入境者,入行者,入门者,入境人员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who comes in.
    • : Chiefly British. an immigrant.
    • : an intruder.
    • : a successor.
    • : Hunting. a duck, pheasant, etc., that flies toward the shooter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instranger

Examples

  • He must have come over the wall, which can hardly be prevented if an incomer has a friend who will throw him a rope.

  • The flying chair struck the incomer across his shins, bringing an angry exclamation from the man.

  • For fourteen years the city has had to contend with the fears of the incomer.

  • But if a door opened suddenly I would look anxiously at the incomer.

  • The incomer seated himself on a stool, and the cobbler returned to his last, resuming his interrupted work.