Occupant

(n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.

(n.) A prostitute.

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• The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Its sole occupant lay prone upon a low couch at the further side, apparently in sleep. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Sitting in front of the fire, with his back towards him, was a tallish gentleman in a greatcoat: the only other occupant of the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The occupant of the pew in the hall, having said thus much, stirs the fire and leaves the triumvirate to warm themselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage when it gained the hill-top, that its occupant was steeped in crimson. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It might or might not bite the occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner or later she must fall a victim. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Neither of the two had been there since its present occupant had had possession of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I examined first, the parlour, and then its occupant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The coffee-room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Whatever shape or function anyone desires in a desk may be met, except, perhaps, the performance of the actual work of the occupant. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He rose with the rest, and surveyed the occupants of the boxes grandly with his opera-glass. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The names of the occupants were painted at the bottom on the wall, but there was no such name as the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He then knocked at the doors of two other similar rooms, and introduced me to their occupants, by name Drummle and Startop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A strange place was this humble kitchen for such occupants! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I divined that my coming had stopped conversation in the room, and that its other occupants were looking at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In these the occupants were fully secure from the shells of the navy, which were dropped into the city night and dav without intermission. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Charles I, who was probably one of the meanest and most treacherous occupants the English throne has ever known, was frightened by the London crowds. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The occupants of the dining-room listened too, and not merely now to the flow of the mill-stream. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The former occupants of the kitchen now withdrew into the parlour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The present occupants of Mars Saba, about seventy in number, are all hermits. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Then, having inquired as to the occupants of the Hall, you will come back to me and report. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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