/ˈɪmɪgrənt ||; ˈɪməgrənt/noun [C] a person who has come into a foreign country to live there permanently （外来）移民: The government plans to tighten controls to prevent illegal immigrants. 政府打算加强控制，防止非法移民进入。London has a high immigrant population. 伦敦住了大量移民。 Great Britain has many immigrant communities which make it a multicultural society. Groups of immigrants or children of immigrants who share a common cultural tradition form an ethnic minority. 英国有很多移民族群，使其成为一个多元文化社会(multicultural society)。有共同文化传统的移民及其子女构成一个少数族裔(ethnic minority)。