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。
消防队员；救火队员
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
a person whose job is to put out fires
擅长灭火的人
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
扮消防员游戏
play in which children pretend to put out a fire
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.
司炉工
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
任何机车上的助手
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
替补投手
a pitcher who does not start the game
救场投手
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
The children played fireman in the backyard, spraying each other with toy hoses.
孩子们在后院玩救火游戏，用玩具水枪互相喷水。
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.
课间休息时，幼儿园的孩子们常假装成消防队员，拯救他们的毛绒玩具。
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.
我儿子非常喜欢玩救火游戏，整天戴着塑料头盔。
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。
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是固定表达，类似call the police。
We called the fireman when the alarm went off.
警报响起时我们叫了消防队员。
play fireman指儿童假扮消防员的游戏。
The children love to play fireman in the yard.
孩子们喜欢在院子里玩消防员游戏。
firefighter为更中性通用的现代说法，可互换使用于多数语境。
grammar · medium
易错句子Two firemans arrived.
正确表达Two firemen arrived.
fireman的复数形式是不规则变化：man→men，因此复数应为firemen，而非添加-s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is wearing a fireman uniform.
正确表达He is wearing a fireman's uniform.
英语中表示‘消防员的制服’需使用所有格’s，中文常省略所有格，导致直接组合名词的错误。
与消防队员（灭火者）相对的角色
fireman 特指男性消防员；firefighter 为性别中立的现代用词
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。
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。
志愿消防员
He works as a volunteer fireman on weekends.
他周末做志愿消防员。
退休消防员
My grandfather is a retired fireman.
我祖父是一名退休消防员。
勇敢的消防员
The brave fireman rescued the cat from the tree.
勇敢的消防员从树上救下了猫。
消防制服
The fireman's uniform is made of flame-resistant material.
消防制服由阻燃材料制成。
你是个消防员，你肯定疯了。
In the movie 'Backdraft', a veteran fireman says this to a rookie.
在电影《烈火雄心》中，一位老消防员对新手这样说。
消防员，消防员，救救我的孩子！
This is a line from the classic children's game 'Fireman' where kids pretend to be firefighters.
这是经典儿童游戏“消防员”中的一句台词，孩子们假装成消防员。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.