fireman
n. 救火队员, 消防队员 [机] 司炉
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词形变化
教材释义与例句
消防队员；救火队员；锅炉工
释义与例句
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1.
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
政治For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
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2.
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
航海 交通He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
(the latter is informal)
The fireman's job was about to get very interesting; they had just run out of coal!
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3.
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
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4.
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
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5.
A safety inspector in coal mines.
历史 商务 采矿
词汇关系
词源
From fire + -man.
来源：wiktionary