A person travelling from place to place, especially on foot. This is an old, literary word — you meet it in poems, in hymns, in fairy tales, in translations of the Bible, in fantasy novels where a stranger arrives at an inn at dusk.

A person travelling from place to place, especially on foot這個字指的是四處旅行的人，尤其是徒步旅行的人。This is an old, literary word這是一個古老、文學性的字 — you meet it in poems, in hymns, in fairy tales, in translations of the Bible, in fantasy novels where a stranger arrives at an inn at dusk你會在詩、聖歌、童話故事、聖經譯本，以及奇幻小說裡陌生人黃昏時走進客棧的情節中看到它。

Nobody today says 'I met a wayfarer on the bus'. The picture it gives is of someone walking a long road alone, with what they own on their back, not sure where they will sleep. That is why the word feels slightly sad and slightly noble at the same time, and why writers reach for it when they want the journey to sound like a life, not a holiday.

Nobody today says 'I met a wayfarer on the bus'現在沒有人會說'I met a wayfarer on the bus'。The picture it gives is of someone walking a long road alone這個字給人的畫面是一個人獨自走在一條長路上, with what they own on their back, not sure where they will sleep背著自己所有的家當，不確定晚上要睡哪裡。That is why the word feels slightly sad and slightly noble at the same time這也是為什麼這個字同時帶點哀傷又帶點高貴, and why writers reach for it when they want the journey to sound like a life, not a holiday這也是為什麼作家想讓一段旅程聽起來像是一種人生、而不是一趟假期時，會用這個字。

In modern English you are most likely to see the word on signs and brand names — a hotel or a pub called The Wayfarer, or the Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, which is honestly where most students meet it first. The adjective wayfaring survives mainly in the old phrase 'a wayfaring stranger', from the folk song.

In modern English you are most likely to see the word on signs and brand names在現代英文裡你最可能在招牌和品牌名稱上看到這個字 — a hotel or a pub called The Wayfarer一間叫The Wayfarer的飯店或酒吧, or the Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses或是雷朋Wayfarer太陽眼鏡, which is honestly where most students meet it first老實說大部分學生第一次遇到這個字都是在這裡。The adjective wayfaring survives mainly in the old phrase 'a wayfaring stranger'形容詞wayfaring主要留存在古老的說法'a wayfaring stranger'裡, from the folk song出自那首民謠。