| 词汇 | boatman |
| 释义 | boatman noun[ C ] uk /ˈbəʊt.mən/ us /ˈboʊt.mən/plural-menuk /-mən/ us /-mən/ a man whose job is to control a small boat, for example on a river: 靠小船营生的人；摆渡人；船夫 Boatmen transported goods to market along the river.船夫沿河为市场运送货物。 A boatman will ferry you across for $2.摆渡人两美元就可以载你过河。 You can hire a boatman to take you in a sort of gondola to the morning market. The canal is already buzzing with activity; boatmen have begun their long day. In mythology, Charon was the boatman of the River Styx. People who work on boats & ships bargee bargeman cabin boy corsair crew crew member docker freighter gondolier helmsman longshoreman merchant seaman pilot punter run away to seaidiom sailor sea dog seafarer shipmate stevedore Examples of boatmanboatman In it, the boatman sings to the river as someone singing to a maiden. A backswimmer, a water measurer, a water boatman and a predaceous diving beetle were used as larval predators, and a pholcid spider as adult predator. For this reason, exchangees often left stealthily at night, after making prior arrangements with fixers, boatmen and border guards who demanded much money. The gentle song of the boatman in the poem of that title reveals pidgin's poetic resourcefulness through its sheer lyricism and beauty of form. The absence of predation cost in the presence of the water boatman is surprising, and suggests that its hunting technique is different. The qazi is truth, the boatmen your actions; the shepherd was made the recording angels. The woman has the river-crossing coming to her because she wants it and a boatman is there to provide it. As the zamindars kept a registry of the boats, manjhis, or boatmen belonging to each district, the river toll was useful in the detection of dacoits. The boatman was prosecuted and received a sentence of five years' imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition to ghillies, boatmen and keepers directly employed, hotels, self-catering, shops, restaurants and all parts of the rural economy benefit from the angler. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the present situation, the incomes of hotels, shops, tackle shops and of the estates which pay the wages of boatmen are at risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That type of cash flow financing is difficult for the small boatman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be remembered that each ship employs agents, pilots, boatmen, dockers and riggers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The boatman was given a suspended sentence of six months, fined £100 and ordered to enter into a recognisance of £500. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 British tug boatmen have the greatest expertise of any in the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of boatman 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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