seaman

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n. 船员, 海员, 水兵 [法] 海员, 水手, 精通海事者

发音

US /ˈsiːmən/

词形变化

seamen 复数 seamen

教材释义与例句

名词

海员，水手；水兵

a sailor on a ship or in the navy who is not an officer

The men emigrate to work as seamen.

这些男人移居国外当海员。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.

  2. 2.

    A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.

  3. 3.

    An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.

    美国
  4. 4.

    A merman; the male of the mermaid.

    , Book III not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

jack tar gob mariner seafarer jacktar old salt sea dog

上位词 2

man sailor

下位词 10

officer pilot bosun boatswain whaler bo's'n bos'n bo'sun deckhand roustabout

相关短语

seaman apprentice (美国)海岸警卫队三等兵 seaman recruit 候补水兵 seaman recruits seaman apprentices ordinary seaman n. 见习水兵, 普通海员 able-bodied seaman [法] 合格水手, 二等水兵, 一等水兵 able seaman 一等水兵 master seaman （加拿大海军）水手长 leading seaman （英国）上等水兵 merchant seaman [经] 商船的船员

词源

From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man.

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