evacuee

noun
🔊/ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
🔊/ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
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  1. a person who is sent away from a place because it is dangerous, especially during a war(尤指战时)被疏散者,撤离者
    • Allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee.可获得津贴来支付撤离人员的费用。
    • During 1942 evacuee families started to arrive in the town.1942年,撤离的家庭开始抵达这个城镇。
    Topics Dangerc2, War and conflictc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally in the French form): from French évacué, past participle of évacuer, from Latin evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.