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landsman

/landz-muhn/US // ˈlændz mən //UK // (ˈlændzmən) //

土地管理员,土地工人,景观师,陆军军官

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lands·men.

    • : Also landman. a person who lives or works on land.
    • : an inexperienced sailor or one who has not been to sea before.

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Examples

  • There is no landsman in the ship now exposed to its dangers.

  • And yet they paused and looked about in quickened perception, with the clutch at the throat that takes the landsman on big waters.

  • Helped by pluck, I thought to myself, as I tried with my landsman's fancy to conjure up that perilous scene.

  • The officers were most friendly and did everything possible to make things comfortable for a landsman in their limited quarters.

  • He trusted to his Pilot, like the landsman in a storm; to his Father, as an infant in the dark.