"longshoreman" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 码头工人

Definition

一名longshoreman是在港口或码头装卸货物的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多见于美式英语，对应港口或码头的搬运工。相关词还有“码头工人”(更常用中文表达)。

Examples

The longshoreman wears a hard hat for safety.

**码头工人**为安全戴着安全帽。

My uncle works as a longshoreman at the harbor.

我叔叔在港口当**码头工人**。

The ship arrived, and the longshoremen started unloading.

船到达了，**码头工人**开始卸货。

His dad’s been a longshoreman for over twenty years.

他爸爸做**码头工人**已经二十多年了。

It takes a team of longshoremen to load huge containers onto the ships.

需要一组**码头工人**把大集装箱装上船。

Did you know my grandfather was a longshoreman back in the day?

你知道我爷爷以前是**码头工人**吗？