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boatswain

/boh-suhn/US // ˈboʊ sən //UK // (ˈbəʊsən) //

船工,船员,水手长,船长

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a warrant officer on a warship, or a petty officer on a merchant vessel, in charge of rigging, anchors, cables, etc.

Examples

  • The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.

  • On each side of the driver of the galloping steeds stood a man, shouting like a maniac of the boatswain type.

  • The chief ambition of the great conqueror and legislator was to be a good boatswain and a good ship's carpenter.

  • The boatswain swore with wicked words,Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit,'Twas nothing but a feint.

  • Rogers took him on board, and appointed him boatswain's mate.