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词汇 stevedore
释义 stevedore
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈstiː.və.dɔːr/ us /ˈstiː.və.dɔːr/
a person who works at a port, putting goods onto and taking them off ships 码头装卸工(同 docker)
Synonyms
docker
longshoremanUS
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People who work on boats & ships
bargee
bargeman
boatman
cabin boy
cabin crew
corsair
crew
crew member
docker
freighter
gondolier
helmsman
longshoreman
merchant seaman
pilot
punter
run away to seaidiom
sailor
sea dog
shipmate

stevedore | Business English


stevedore
noun[ C ]
 TRANSPORT USuk /ˈstiːvədɔːr/us
→ dockworker
stevedore
verb[ I or T ]
 TRANSPORT USuk /ˈstiːvədɔːr/us
to work moving goods on and off ships:
He has been stevedoring for 25 years.

Examples of stevedore


stevedore
They were not even allowed to work as stevedores on the riverfront docks.
In order to bring some unity of control, there are shipowners who have their own berths and run subsidiary stevedore companies.
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I do not consider that an engine driver or a railway porter is engaged on the same labour as a dock labourer or a stevedore.
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The private stevedores, by bad labour relations, have gained the "swag".
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A coal trimmer might go to six different stevedores.
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The information this morning showed the total number of stevedores and dockers on strike as 15,030.
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Then it must renegotiate the leases and the contracts to bring the bananas in, which of course involves the stevedores.
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The very serious omission of any form of charges that will be levied by the stevedores and their employers is a most important one.
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This is a scheme worked entirely by people employed by one employer, except for the independent stevedore who is nothing more than a labour contractor.
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The stevedores do not want that to be observed.
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First, can he say anything about the position of the stevedores?
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What the stevedores managed to get, the other unions also wanted.
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The stores have to be handled at their despatching point and handled by railway companies and shipside stevedores.
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They may be stevedores or people who can handle cranes in docks.
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Normal shore cranes could not raise them, special ships were required to carry them and highly trained stevedores to manipulate them.
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