sailor
英 ['seɪlə]
美['selɚ]
- n. 水手,海员;乘船者
- n. (Sailor)人名;(英)赛勒
词态变化
复数: sailors;
中文词源
sailor 水手,船员
sail,航行,-or,人。引申词义水手,船员。
英英释意
- 1. any member of a ship's crew
- 2. a serviceman in the navy
- 3. a stiff straw hat with a flat crown
英文词源
- sailor (n.)
- c. 1400, sailer, agent noun from sail (v.). Spelling with -o- arose 16c., probably by influence of tailor, etc., and to distinguish the meaning "seaman, mariner" from "thing that sails." It replaced much older seaman and mariner (q.q.v.). Old English also had merefara "sailor." Applied as an adjective from 1870s to clothing styles and items based on a sailor's characteristic attire.
同义词辨析
sailor, seaman, mariner
这些名词均有"水手,船员"之意。
sailor: 普通和词,指任何实际驾驶船只航海或在船上工作的人员。
seaman: 指商船船员或海军中的水兵,有时可与sailor换用。
mariner: 多指直接从事航海和参与驾驶船只的水手。
考试真题
- Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way using the sun and the stars.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文
- To warm himself, the sailor sat in front of the fire rubbing one bare foot against the other.
2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项填空 原文
实用场景例句
- If I was just a sailor could I sail without a boat.
- 如果我只是一个水手,没有船我可以远航吗.
期刊摘选
- The sailor put in for time to visit his family before the ship went to sea.
- 在轮船出海之前,海员请假回家探亲.
期刊摘选
- I know he is a sailor by the cut of his jib.
- 我一看他的样子就知道他是一个水手.
期刊摘选
- The shipwrecked sailor scanned the horizon anxiously.
- 这位遭船难的水手焦急地审视着海天相接之处.
辞典例句
- As you know, I have never been a sailor.
- 你们知道, 我从未当过水兵.
期刊摘选
- He had a calling to become a sailor.
- 他很想做一个海员.
《简明英汉词典》
- This fuel gauge applies to sailor, cheap and quality, welcomed to order.
- 此感应器油浮子适用于赛铃车系, 质优价廉, 欢迎订购.
期刊摘选
- The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
- 那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He went about in the disguise of a sailor.
- 他伪装成海员到处流窜.
《简明英汉词典》
- Did he tell you about his experiences as a sailor?
- 他告诉你他当水手的经历了 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- Then the sailor finally found another hotel.
- 然后这海军终于找到了另外一个宾馆.
期刊摘选
- The old sailor reeled off one story after another.
- 老海员滔滔不绝地讲了一个又一个故事.
《简明英汉词典》
- A sailor uses the rudder to make the ship go in the correct direction.
- 水手用舵导航.
《简明英汉词典》
- The boys listened breathlessly as the sailor detailed the story of the shipwreck.
- 水手详述沉船的故事时,孩子们屏息倾听着.
《简明英汉词典》
- Send him back to his father; he is too young to be a sailor.
- 把他送回到他父亲那里去, 他太小不能当海员.
《简明英汉词典》
- The sailor dipped the ship's flag as a salute.
- 水手将船上的旗降下来再上去以示致敬.
《简明英汉词典》
- The shipwrecked sailor scanned the horizon anxiously every morning.
- 这位遭船难的水手每天早晨焦虑地注视着海天相接之处.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He is a. on becoming a sailor.
- 他一心想当海员.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A sailor fell overboard and was rescued.
- 一个船员从船上落入水中,被救了上来.
《简明英汉词典》
- Any sailor who disobeys will be punished with six strokes of the whip.
- 任何违令的船员将被打六鞭子.
《简明英汉词典》
- In the after years the sailor did not get home often.
- 在往后的几年里这个水手经常不回家.
《简明英汉词典》
- What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
- 我们怎么处置这个喝醉的水手?
《简明英汉词典》
- In the photo she stands in the attitude of a sailor looking afar.
- 在照片中,她摆出水手伫立远望的姿势.
《简明英汉词典》
- The sailor coiled the rope around the anchor.
- 水手把绳子盘缠在锚上.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The sailor climbed aloft to look for land.
- 那个水手爬上桅顶寻找陆地.
《简明英汉词典》
- The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm.
- 那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic
- 独自横渡大西洋的人
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The sailor went through all the motions smartly.
- 这个水手机灵地走了走过场。
柯林斯例句