matelot
/mat-loh, mat-l-oh/US // ˈmæt loʊ, ˈmæt lˌoʊ //UK // (ˈmætləʊ) //
马特罗,马特洛,马特罗特,马特洛特
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
British Slang.
- : a sailor.
Examples
And all the time the sentinels on the Saut au Matelot were eagerly watching the river for the first sign of the English invaders.
The Buccaneers went in pairs, every hunter having his camerade or matelot (sailor), as well as his engags.
The French word matelot, by the way, is derived from matelas, a mattress.
I prove to you I am not; but a good, sound, safe, French matelot!
This was at Sault-au-Matelot Street, a narrow, steep thoroughfare, barely twenty feet from side to side.
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