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A latecomer is someone who arrives after the start. In a classroom that is the student who comes in after the bell. At a party it is the friend who shows up when the food is already going. Teachers can say it kindly or with a little sting, depending on the voice. People also stretch it away from doors and clocks: a latecomer to smartphones is someone who only started using them after everyone else already had one. A latecomer to a fashion or an idea joined the trend late. The picture is the same — you were not there at the beginning. It is a normal word, a bit more formal than just saying you were late, and it names the person, not the lateness. Comer on its own sounds old now, but it is still alive inside this word.
遲到的人；晚加入的人
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
latecomernoun/ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ə/
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One who has arrived comparatively recently.
- The old families in the neighborhood look down on him as a latecomer, his family only arrived in the 18th century, too nouveau for them.
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One who arrived late.
- At the party the host made a point of greeting all the latecomers he missed in the first pass.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。