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a/the boatman + verb
定冠词 the 指谈话双方都知道的那位船夫，不定冠词 a 则可泛指某位船夫。
The boatman rowed us across the river.
船夫划船送我们过了河。
船夫；船工；船老大
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船夫；船工；船老大
a man who operates or sails a small boat, especially its captain
The boatman rowed us across the river.
船夫划船送我们过了河。
小船上的水手,尤指船长。
A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
船夫
someone who drives or rides in a boat
The boatman skillfully navigated the narrow canal.
船夫熟练地驾驶着船只穿过狭窄的运河。
We hired a boatman to take us to the island.
我们雇了一个船夫带我们去岛上。
The old boatmen shared stories of their voyages.
老船夫们分享了他们航行的故事。
定冠词 the 指谈话双方都知道的那位船夫，不定冠词 a 则可泛指某位船夫。
The boatman rowed us across the river.
船夫划船送我们过了河。
boatman 的复数形式是 boatmen，而不是 boatmans。
Several boatmen were waiting by the dock.
几个船夫在码头边等着。
work as a + 职业名词 表示“从事某职业”。
He works as a boatman on the lake.
他在湖上做船夫。
Not this
He is boatman.
Use this
He is a boatman.
boatman 是可数名词，单数形式前需要使用冠词 a；汉语中没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，因此应改为 a boatman。
Not this
There are two boatmans on the river.
Use this
There are two boatmen on the river.
boatman 的复数是不规则变化，-man 要变为 -men，即 boatmen，而不是直接加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
渡船船夫
The ferry boatman helped the passengers step ashore.
渡船船夫帮助乘客上岸。
河上船夫
A river boatman guided us through the narrow channel.
一位河上船夫引导我们穿过狭窄的水道。
雇船夫
We hired a boatman to take us across the lake.
我们雇了一位船夫载我们过湖。
熟练的船夫
The skilled boatman navigated the rapids without difficulty.
熟练的船夫毫不费力地驾船通过了急流。
老船夫
The old boatman knew every bend of the river.
老船夫熟悉这条河的每个弯道。
但我想知道船夫是否知道。
In Billy Joel's 1993 song 'The River of Dreams', this line expresses the singer's uncertainty about what comes after death, wondering if the boatman—like Charon in Greek mythology—knows the answer.
在比利·乔尔1993年的歌曲《梦想之河》中，这句歌词表达了歌手对死后世界的疑虑：他好奇船夫——就像希腊神话中的卡戎——是否知道答案。
发长 /oʊ/ 音 (如 boat, coat)
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boat（船）+ man（人），船上的人就是船夫。想象一个男人站在小船上撑篙，boatman 自然记住。
语域：neutral 常见场景：航运、旅游、文学作品 “boatman” 通常是比较中性的词，泛指驾驶或操作小船的人；在日常口语和书面语中都可能出现，多用于渡口、旅游或文学描述等场景。
Plural: boatmen.
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