"landlubber" in Chinese (Traditional)
旱鴨子不懂航海的人
Definition
不習慣在船上或大海上的人,尤其是不懂海上生活的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多為幽默或非正式用語,常被海員用來形容不懂海的人。有時帶有戲謔意味。一般只在航海或海事語境下使用。
Examples
He is a true landlubber who has never seen the ocean.
他是真正的**旱鴨子**,從未見過大海。
The sailors laughed at the landlubber trying to tie a knot.
水手們嘲笑那位試圖打結的**旱鴨子**。
As a landlubber, she felt nervous on the boat.
作為**旱鴨子**,她在船上感到緊張。
Don't worry, every experienced sailor was a landlubber once.
別擔心,每個有經驗的水手以前都是**旱鴨子**。
I'm such a landlubber—I got seasick after just five minutes!
我真是個**旱鴨子**,才五分鐘就暈船了!
You can spot a landlubber by how they walk on deck—they look so unsure of themselves.
你能從他們在甲板上走路的方式看出誰是**旱鴨子**—看起來很不自信。