boatswain

FREQ #37529

n. 水手长

发音

UK /ˈbəʊ.sən/
其它 /ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/
CA /ˈboʊ.sən/
US /ˈboʊ.sən/

词形变化

boatswains 复数 boatswains

别名

boatswen bosun bo'sun boson bos'n bo's'n

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.

    The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

  2. 2.

    A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.

    The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

  3. 3.

    A kind of gull, the jaeger.

  4. 4.

    The tropicbird.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

bosun bo's'n bos'n bo'sun

上位词 9

jack tar gob seaman mariner seafarer jacktar old salt sea dog

相关短语

Boatswain Bird Island

词源

From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”).

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