"old salt" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 老水手
• 老海員

Definition

「老水手」指在海上有多年經驗、見多識廣的水手，常以講故事或給建議著稱。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬非正式、較為老式的表達，常以親切語氣指經驗豐富的老水手，有時亦泛指艱苦行業的老手。

Examples

The old salt told us stories about storms at sea.

那位**老水手**給我們講了海上暴風雨的故事。

Everyone listened carefully to the old salt’s advice.

大家都認真聽那位**老水手**的建議。

The captain is an old salt with over forty years of sailing experience.

船長是一位有四十多年經驗的**老水手**。

"That old salt can read the winds better than any device," the crew joked.

「那位**老水手**比任何儀器都懂得看風向」，船員們開玩笑說。

As an old salt, Jack always knows when a storm is coming long before anyone else.

作為**老水手**，Jack總是比別人更早察覺到暴風雨的來臨。

You can trust an old salt—they've seen everything the sea can throw at you.

你可以相信**老水手**——他經歷過大海裡的所有風浪。