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"sailor" in Chinese (Traditional)

水手海員

Definition

sailor 指在船上工作的人,尤其是在海上工作的人。它也可以指會駕駛帆船航行的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常指在海上工作的人員,如 'a sailor on a cargo ship'。在軍事語境中,'sailor' 也常指海軍成員。不要和 'captain'(船長、指揮者)或 'fisherman'(漁夫)混淆。

Examples

The sailor waved from the ship.

那名**水手**從船上揮手。

My uncle was a sailor for many years.

我叔叔當了很多年的**水手**。

That sailor knows the sea very well.

那個**水手**非常瞭解大海。

He became a sailor because he never wanted an office job.

他成了**水手**,因為他從來就不想做辦公室工作。

You can tell she's a sailor by the way she talks about life at sea.

從她談論海上生活的方式,你就能看出她是個**水手**。

The old sailor at the harbor always has a story to tell.

港口那位老**水手**總有故事可講。