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latecomer

/leyt-kuhm-er/US // ˈleɪtˌkʌm ər //UK // (ˈleɪtˌkʌmə) //

后来者,迟到者,后进者,迟来的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.

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Examples

  • Anyway, Jones hates the thought of customers cooling their heels in long lines and wondering why tables are going unseated, when in fact they’re empty due to latecomers or no-shows.

  • Mahaffey also notes that the failure of any of the established candidates to emerge from the pack might favor a latecomer.

  • Aunt Ophelia: A latecomer to politics, Ophelia Ford is a state senator from Memphis.

  • He watched the sun sneak around one stubby wing of the Latecomer.

  • Each tiniest mechanism of the Latecomer had functioned perfectly.

  • The couch squeezed them as the Latecomer shot beyond its ramp, increased its velocity.

  • The Latecomer touched the runway at little more than a hundred miles per hour.