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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
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消防队员；救火队员
a person whose job is to put out fires
The fireman quickly put out the fire.
消防队员迅速扑灭了火。
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)
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
Two firemans arrived.
Use this
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。
Not this
He is wearing a fireman uniform.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
Use fireman naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个男人（man）拿着水枪灭火（fire），记住fireman就是消防员。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.