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seafaring

/see-fair-ing/US // ˈsiˌfɛər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈsiːˌfɛərɪŋ) //

航海,航海业,航海事业,航海类

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : traveling by sea.
    • : following the sea as a trade, business, or calling.
    • : of, relating to, or occurring during a voyage on the sea.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the business or calling of a sailor.
    • : traveling by sea.

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Examples

  • The legendary seafaring nation is now venturing further into cosmic exploration.

  • Ports in even the most avidly seafaring nations refused to allow mariners ashore.

  • Tea describes this boundary as a “soft barrier,” with the spaces between islands occasionally allowing seafaring species to pass through to the neighboring ocean realm.

  • Meanwhile, arrival of humans in Australia 65,000 years ago shows we’d mastered seafaring.

  • But it turns out we may be wrong about our seafaring friends.

  • She delivered oracles in dreams to those who consulted her about fishery and seafaring.

  • "I have changed my opinion of a seafaring life," Ryan said, after a pause.

  • All the way along, shipmasters and seafaring folk nodded respectfully to Alpheus Briggs, or touched their hats to him.

  • A pleasant place it was, indeed, and trimly eloquent of the hand of an old seafaring man.

  • He paused and scanned the seaward horizon with that intent abstracted gaze which is peculiar to seafaring men.