seaman
seaman — 名詞
- seamansingular
- seamenplural
1. a person who works on a ship, especially one holding a rank below officer
水手
未達軍官級別的船員
a person who works on a ship, especially one holding a rank below officer
Ari served as a seaman on a cargo ship for three years before becoming an officer.
Ari 在貨船上當了三年水手，之後才升為軍官。
served as a seaman — naming a role or job title
The old seaman taught the younger crew members how to tie six different knots.
那位老水手教年輕船員如何打六種不同的繩結。
Joaquín's grandfather was a seaman who crossed the Atlantic more than twenty times.
Joaquín 的祖父是名水手，橫渡大西洋二十多次。
Every seaman on the vessel had to pass a safety drill before the ship left port.
船上的每位水手在啟航前都必須通過安全演練。
Wei worked as a seaman for five years and visited ports all around South America.
Wei 當了五年水手，走訪了南美洲各地的港口。
- officer
a person holding a position of authority on a ship
用法筆記
Used especially in naval and merchant-shipping contexts, where it distinguishes sailors who are not officers from those who hold command or specialised ranks.