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seaman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Navy, Occupations, Water
sea·man /ˈsiːmən/ noun (plural seamen /-mən/) [countable]  1. PMNBOa sailor on a ship or in the navy who is not an officer 水手,海员;水兵2. TTWsomeone who has a lot of experience of ships and the sea 航海老手
Examples from the Corpus
seamanThe fire which ironically had the purpose of killing Ralph and the island, saved them as a seaman spotted the smoke.The merchants and seamen called for a committee to consider the current state of affairs.It was a bright little place where the customers were mostly seamen.But at any rate they are an able boat crew and the other seamen of the Pequod accept them.Now the stranger was standing on the quayside, watching several straining seamen carry a large, brass-bound chest down the gangplank.The seamen live at the other end the ship, or forward part.And he seemed to get closer to these seamen because of that.Such subversive navigation by an inferior was forbidden in the Royal Navy, as the unnamed seaman well knew.
sea·man nounChineseSyllable
sailor or on a a ship Corpus in


seaman
seaman /ˈsiːmən/ noun (plural seamen /-mən/) [countable]
1. a sailor on a ship or in the navy who is not an officer
2. someone who has a lot of experience of ships and the sea


Seaman
Seaman, David
(1963–) an English football player who was the goalkeeper for Arsenal and for the English national team during the 1990s. He was known for having a moustache and a PONYTAIL.


sea·manBrE /ˈsiːmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsiːmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
sea·men BrE /ˈsiːmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsiːmən/ 🔊
)
a member of the navy or a sailor on a ship below the rank of an officer 水兵;水手;海员Seaman Bates《水手贝茨》a merchant seaman商船船员   see also able seaman, ordinary seaman