Sojourner(名词):旅居者;短期逗留在异地的人(强调“暂住/寄居”,不同于永久移民)。在文学语境中也常带有“漂泊、行旅之人”的色彩。
/ˈsɒdʒɜːnə/
I met a sojourner at the hostel who had been in the city for only a week.
我在青年旅舍遇到一位旅居者,他在这座城市只待了一周。
Though a sojourner in a foreign land, she kept a careful journal of each town, as if to prove she had truly lived there.
尽管只是异乡的旅居者,她仍细致记录每一座城镇,仿佛要证明自己确曾在此生活过。
来自中古英语 sojourn(短期停留、旅居)加上表示“人”的后缀 -er。Sojourn 源自古法语 sojorner,与“停留、逗留(暂住)”有关,核心含义一直是“非永久性的居住/停留”。