master mariner

短语

[法] 商船船长, 老海员

词形变化

master mariners 复数 master mariners

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship

    航海 交通

    1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence, He was a Schiff-fuhrer: Ship-conductor. That's how they call a Master Mariner in Germany. I prefer our way. The alliteration is good, and there is something in the nomenclature that gives to us as a body the sense of corporate existence: Apprentice, Mate, Master, in the ancient and honourable craft of the sea.

    1987, D. J. House, Seamanship Techniques, Volume 2, chapter heading, Certificate of Competency for Master Mariner, Class 1