英和和英

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɝvɚ/, /ɑb-/
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɜːvə/, /ɒb-/

名詞

observer (複数形 observers)

1. One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice

   Most impartial observers agreed that Sampras had not served well.

2. One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.

   I shall be an observer of the local customs.

3. A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate

   The UN sent many observers to the country's first elections.

4. A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.

   The Vatican and Palestine have observer status at the UN.

5. (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft

   The only crew-member to survive the crash was the Canadian observer.

6. (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post

   We waited till dusk when the observers' vision was poorest.

同意語

• beholder (sense 1 only)
• observator (廃れた用法)

下位語

• air observer
• interobserver
• political observer

派生語

関連する語

• observer pattern

Further reading

• “observer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “observer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

動詞

observer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of observō