boatman

英 [ˈbəʊtmən]

美 [ˈboʊtmən]

n. 靠小船营生的人; 摆渡者; 小船出租人

复数：boatmen　

BNC.16965 / COCA.26945

牛津词典

noun

靠小船营生的人；摆渡者；小船出租人
a man who earns money from small boats, either by carrying passengers or goods on them, or by renting them out

摆渡者；船夫；（出租船只的）船主
Aboatmanis a man who is paid by people to take them across an area of water in a small boat, or a man who hires boats out to them for a short time.

noun

Boatman Paul gave me your number, in the end.
保罗给我了你的电话号码，到最后的时候。
The boatman nodded towards the north of the bay with some disdain.
船老大略带轻蔑神情朝海湾北部点了点头。
He's an expert boatman, and can be found sailing with his family almost every weekend.
他是个老练的船夫，几乎每个周末都和家人出海。
That evening after dark a boatman entered an inn at Yarmouth, where a man and a woman were waiting, with their bags on the floor beside them.
那天晚上天黑后，一个船夫走进了雅茅斯的一家小旅馆，那里一男一女正在等着，身边地上放着他们的提包。
The shore was deserted; there were no passers-by; not even a boatman nor a lighter-man was in the skiffs which were moored here and there.
河滩荒僻，没有一个过路人；这里那里停泊着的驳船上也没有船夫，也没有装卸工人。
The boatman waits for us, I say we make him wait a little longer!
死神在等着我们，就让他们再多等一会吧！
Boatman: one who works on, deals with, or operates boats.
船工，船老板，船员：在船上工作，处理或操纵船的人。
The boatmen were still arranging the luggage. The boatman let fall the oars into the water.
船夫们还在安放行李。船工把桨放进水中。
Listen, someone is shouting for the boatman at the ford.
听呀，有人在浅滩上喊船夫呢。
The boatman let fall the oars into the water.
船工把桨放进水中。