con·test·ant
noun/kənˈtestənt/
/kənˈtestənt/
- a person who takes part in a contest or competition
比赛者；竞争者 - Please welcome our next contestant.
请欢迎我们的下一位竞赛选手。 - She had once been a contestant in the Miss World competition.
她曾经是世界小姐比赛的参赛者。 - The show features six contestants from different parts of the country.
该节目有来自全国不同地区的六名参赛者。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryContestant is used after these nouns:- beauty
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, present participle of contester, from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’. - Please welcome our next contestant.