foreman

• n. 领班；陪审团主席
• n. (Foreman)人名；(英、西)福尔曼

fore-,在前。man, 人。引申义工头，领班。

1. a person who exercises control over workers;

"if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

2. a man who is foreperson of a jury

foreman (n.)

early 13c., "a leader," from fore- + man (n.). From 1530s as "principal juror;" 1570s in the sense of "principal workman." Similar formation in Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand. Also in 17c., a slang word for "penis." Fem. form forewoman is from 1709, originally of a jury; forelady is from 1867 in reference to juries, 1888 of shops, American English.

The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.

这儿的领班负责20个工人.

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The foreman jumped on the workers for the slightest fault.

哪怕工人有一点点微小的过失,那个工头就责怪他们.

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The foreman distributes the work every morning.

工头每天早晨分派工作.

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The foreman ganged the men together.

工头把工人集合起来.

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There was applause from the public gallery as the foreman of the jury announced the verdict.

陪审团团长宣布判决结果时，旁听席响起了掌声。

柯林斯例句

He still visited the dairy daily, but left most of the business details to his manager and foreman.

他仍然每天到乳品场看看，但把生意上大部分琐碎事务交给经理和工头打理。

柯林斯例句

The head foreman , on his round, stopped by her machine.

工头在车间巡视时, 在她的机器旁停了下来.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

Then he sought the foreman , who was already on the ground.

然后,他找到已经在场上的工头.

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The foreman passed slowly along, eyeing each worker distinctly.

工头慢慢地走过来, 打量着每个工人.

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" The foreman'll fix that if you ask him, I guess.

“ 我想你要是去问工头的话,他会安排的.

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He had never let a foreman see him slacking.

他从未在哪个工头面前表现出丝毫懈怠。

辞典例句

Why, he was the best foreman Tara had ever had!

是啊, 他是塔拉用过的最好的工头了!

飘（部分）

Early in December the foreman came along with generous provisions for Christmas.

十二月初,领班带来了供圣诞节享受的丰盛的食物.

辞典例句

The chief of these people is the general foreman.

这些人的领导人是总工长.

辞典例句

Then he moved up to foreman, running crews of 50 to 100.

接着他升任工头, 管理五十至一百个工人.

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