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steersman

/steerz-muhn/US // ˈstɪərz mən //UK // (ˈstɪəzmən) //

舵手,船长,司机,船老大

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural steers·men.

    • : a person who steers a ship; steersperson.
    • : a person who drives a machine.

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Examples

  • Then he let a steaming arch out of the hose pipe, that vaulted the distance and soaked the steersman, who howled and lay down.

  • Retired worn out; slept soundly; awaked by mate telling me that both men on watch and steersman missing.

  • The bowman hitteth the mark, as the steersman reacheth land, by diversity of aim.

  • With a shriek of command to the steersman, and a plunge of his paddle, the bowman wrenches the canoe out of its course.

  • The young steersman could not guess that the shadow of a long sorrow was even then stretching across the path ahead.