| 词汇 | before-the-mast |
| 释义 | BETA before the mastcollocation in Englishmeanings of beforeand mastThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. before preposition adverb conjunction uk /bɪˈfɔːr/ us /bɪˈfɔːr/ at or during a time earlier than (the ... See more at before mast noun[ C ] uk /mɑːst/ us /mæst/ a tall pole on a boat or ship that supports ... See more at mast Examples of before the mastbefore the mast They have, therefore, no unemployment benefit and are positively worse off in times of unemployment than the man who ordinarily works beforethemast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This particular man has 27 years' service beforethemast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She said that she had served for many years beforethemast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are the sort of people we should encourage to go to sea, so that every decent lad beforethemast, assuming he behaves himself and proves his competency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The term, beforethemast refers to sailors' quarters, which were located in the forecastle (the ship's bow), officers' quarters being near the stern. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Related to the latter meaning is the phrase beforethemast which denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of those beforethemast were likely in his charge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of the beforethemast crewmen may also have been in this section. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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