leadsman

n. 测深员

发音

UK /ˈliːdz.mən/
UK /ˈlɛdzmən/

词形变化

leadsmen 复数

别名

ledës-man

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    lodesman (a leader or guide)

    废旧
  2. 1.

    A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.

    航海 交通

    In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead, and, finding it directly take the ground, he, in his fright, called out, ‘There's only three fathom.’

词源

From Middle English ledes-man (“a military commander”, “a general”); equivalent to leads (the genitive form of lead: “a leading”, “a directing”, “a guiding”) + man.

来源：wiktionary