Word · Frequency #6662
fireman
消防队员；救火队员
核心释义
a person whose job is to put out fires
- 1.
擅长灭火的人
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
- 2.
扮消防员游戏
play in which children pretend to put out a fire
- 3.
负责维持蒸汽锅炉火力的人
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
- 4.
司炉工
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
- 5.
任何机车上的助手
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
- 6.
替补投手
a pitcher who does not start the game
- 7.
救场投手
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
司炉；锅炉工；（儿童）消防员游戏；擅长灭火的人；扮消防员游戏；负责维持蒸汽锅炉火力的人
用法In use
The children played fireman in the backyard, spraying each other with toy hoses.
用法提示：此处 fireman 作为名词，指儿童模仿消防员救火的游戏。
During recess, the kindergarteners often pretend to be firemen and rescue their stuffed animals.
用法提示：这里 firemen 是 fireman 的复数形式，指儿童扮演消防员的游戏角色。
My son loves the fireman game so much that he wears his plastic helmet all day.
用法提示：fireman game 指一种儿童假装救火的游戏，fireman 修饰 game，表示游戏类别。
fireman + verb
此处fireman指消防队员，是常用主谓搭配。
The fireman quickly put out the fire.
消防队员迅速扑灭了火。
call (the) fireman
call the fireman是固定表达，类似call the police。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- call the fireman
- 打电话叫消防员
- We had to call the fireman when the smoke alarm went off.当烟雾报警器响起时，我们不得不打电话叫消防员。
- fireman's helmet
- 消防头盔
- The fireman's helmet protects his head from falling debris.消防头盔保护头部免受坠物伤害。
- volunteer fireman
- 志愿消防员
- He works as a volunteer fireman on weekends.他周末做志愿消防员。
- retired fireman
- 退休消防员
- My grandfather is a retired fireman.我祖父是一名退休消防员。
- brave fireman
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个男人（man）拿着水枪灭火（fire），记住fireman就是消防员。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常指消防队员，用于紧急救援场景，中立语体；也可指司炉，用于工业或铁路环境，偏技术语体。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -man, pronounced /mən/ in unstressed syllables, rhyming with the last syllable of 'fireman'. Be careful: words like 'snowman' (/ˈsnoʊmæn/) have the full vowel /æn/, not a match.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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