Word · Frequency #6662
firemen
消防队员；救火队员
firemen is the plural of fireman.
a person whose job is to put out fires
- 1.
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
擅长灭火的人
- 2.
play in which children pretend to put out a fire
扮消防员游戏
- 3.
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.
负责维持蒸汽锅炉火力的人
- 4.
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
司炉工
- 5.
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
任何机车上的助手
- 6.
a pitcher who does not start the game
替补投手
- 7.
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
救场投手
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
In use
The children played fireman in the backyard, spraying each other with toy hoses.
During recess, the kindergarteners often pretend to be firemen and rescue their stuffed animals.
My son loves the fireman game so much that he wears his plastic helmet all day.
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。
We called the fireman when the alarm went off.
警报响起时我们叫了消防队员。
play fireman
play fireman指儿童假扮消防员的游戏。
Connections
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
- 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。
- fireman's uniform
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个男人（man）拿着水枪灭火（fire），记住fireman就是消防员。
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。
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.
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。
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