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landlubber

/land-luhb-er/US // ˈlændˌlʌb ər //UK // (ˈlændˌlʌbə) //

陆地人,陆客,陆地工人,陆地居民

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.

Examples

  • Then I don't blame her for changing her mind, ye bloody landlubber!

  • Well, if Mr. Tuckerman is such a landlubber as he appears to be, I think its only right you should give him your help.

  • I can quit this landlubber's job where I'm nothin' but a swab, and go to sea again, where I'm some account.

  • "It's heavy sea for that fellow, and he looks like a landlubber trying to walk the deck in a rough sea," said Captain Scott.

  • He was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room.