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cockswain

/kok-suhn; spelling pronunciation kok-sweyn/US // ˈkɒk sən; spelling pronunciation ˈkɒkˌsweɪn //UK // (ˈkɒksən, -ˌsweɪn) //

船工,船夫,船长,船老大

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a less common variant of coxswain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The cockswain had made his arrangements for the combat, with much more method and philosophy than any other man in the vessel.

  • The truth, together with its portentous consequences, now began to glare across the faculties of the cockswain.

  • At length, the cockswain found a pair of handsomely mounted pistols, a sort of weapon with which he seemed quite familiar.

  • But it would seem the wary cockswain had a motive for this apparently inconsiderate desperation.

  • At this moment of appalling apprehension, the cockswain exhibited the calmest resignation.