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a nomad who/that + [clause]
用关系从句修饰单数名词 nomad，可指真正的游牧者，也可指频繁搬家的人。
She is a nomad who moves to a new city every year.
她是个游牧者，每年搬去一座新城市。
游牧民；游牧者
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
游牧民；游牧者
a member of a community that moves from place to place with its animals instead of living in one fixed home
She is a nomad who moves to a new city every year.
她是个游牧者，每年搬去一座新城市。
逐水草而居、无固定住所的游牧社会成员。
A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
漫游者的同义词:四处漂泊的人。
Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
经常更换住所的人。
A person who changes residence frequently.
经常更换队伍的球员。
A player who changes teams frequently.
He lived as a nomad in the desert, moving his tent every few weeks.
他在沙漠中过着游牧生活，每隔几周就移动一次帐篷。
The nomads traveled with their herds to find fresh pastures.
游牧民族带着他们的畜群迁徙，寻找新鲜的牧场。
After quitting his job, he became a digital nomad, working from different countries.
辞去工作后，他成了一名数字游民，在不同国家工作。
用关系从句修饰单数名词 nomad，可指真正的游牧者，也可指频繁搬家的人。
She is a nomad who moves to a new city every year.
她是个游牧者，每年搬去一座新城市。
复数形式常与定冠词和 of 短语连用，泛指某地区的游牧群体。
The nomads of Mongolia still move with their herds across the steppe.
蒙古的游牧民仍然赶着畜群穿越草原。
这是比喻用法，强调居无定所、频繁迁移的生活方式。
He lives like a nomad, with no fixed address or job.
他像游牧民一样生活，没有固定住址，也没有固定工作。
Not this
The nomad tribes move to new pastures every season.
Use this
The nomadic tribes move to new pastures every season.
nomad 是名词，不能直接修饰名词；表示“游牧的”要用形容词 nomadic。中文的“游牧”既可作名词也可作形容词，容易用错。
Not this
He is nomad and never stays in one place long.
Use this
He is a nomad and never stays in one place long.
nomad 是可数名词单数，前面需要加冠词 a/an。中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
Not this
They are nomad who move with their herds.
Use this
They are nomads who move with their herds.
主语 they 是复数，可数名词 nomad 要用复数形式 nomads；中文名词没有复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
数字游民
She became a digital nomad after her company allowed remote work.
公司允许远程办公后，她成了一名数字游民。
游牧式生活；居无定所的生活
They sold their house and adopted the nomad lifestyle.
他们卖掉房子，过起了居无定所的生活。
游牧部落
Nomad tribes still roam the northern plains.
游牧部落仍然在北方草原上游荡。
游牧营地
The travelers spent the night at a nomad camp.
旅行者在游牧营地过了一夜。
Use nomad naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 nomad 读成 no mad：游牧人逐水草而居、没有固定住所，却也不焦不恼。
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史/人类学讨论、新闻报道、地理或旅游文章 “nomad”的本义指逐水草而居的游牧社会成员，属于中性词，通常不带明显正式或口语色彩。多用于历史、人类学、地理或新闻报道等书面语境，也可在日常对话中指称游牧人群。
这些词都和 nomad 一样以 -ad 结尾，读音也含 /æd/。注意：nomad 的重音在第一个音节，读作 /ˈnoʊ.mæd/，所以这些单音节词与 nomad 并不真正押韵；但它们能帮你记住 -ad 的拼写和 /æd/ 的发音。另外，comrade（同志）看起来和 nomad 有点像，但拼作 -ade，且美式读 /ˈkɑːm.ræd/，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.