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boatman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Water
boat·man /ˈbəʊtmən $ ˈboʊt-/ noun (plural boatmen /-mən/) [countable]  BOTTWa man who you pay to take you out in a boat or for the use of a boat 船夫;出租小船的船主
Examples from the Corpus
boatmanThe boy who had carried our bags up to our room so eagerly was of course a boatman.While the canal boatmen were away without their families the women who remained were drawn together for mutual support.He summoned his boatmen and his private piper.Individual boatmen should also be honoured through clubs nominating skippers for their ability to find fish and their helpfulness towards anglers.But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods.Without fish, insects become the dominant species and acid-loving insects, such as water boatmen, proliferate.He wasn't going to accuse her of being a fair-weather boatman.
boat·man nounChineseSyllable
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boatman
boatman /ˈbəʊtmən $ ˈboʊt-/ noun (plural boatmen /-mən/) [countable]
a man who you pay to take you out in a boat or for the use of a boat


boat·manBrE /ˈbəʊtmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈboʊtmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
boat·men BrE /ˈbəʊtmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈboʊtmən/ 🔊
)
a man who earns money from small boats, either by carrying passengers or goods on them, or by renting them out 靠小船营生的人;摆渡者;小船出租人