Word · Frequency #9815
foreman
领班，工头
核心释义
通常指工厂或建筑工地上的主管
a person who supervises and directs workers, especially in a factory or on a construction site
- 1.
工作场所的领导者。
A workplace leader.
- 2.
工头
a person who exercises control over workers
- 3.
主持陪审团并代表其发言的成员。
The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
- 4.
陪审团男首席
a man who is foreperson of a jury
陪审团团长；工作场所的领导者。；工头；主持陪审团并代表其发言的成员。；陪审团男首席
用法In use
The foreman told the workers to start unloading the truck.
用法提示：此处foreman指监督工人的领班，作主语。
As a foreman, she is responsible for assigning tasks to the crew.
用法提示：此处foreman表示职务身份，作主语补足语。
The factory foreman inspected each product before it left the assembly line.
用法提示：此处foreman指工厂的工头，作主语。
if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
foreman of something
表示在某个团体中担任负责人。
He served as foreman of the jury.
他担任了陪审团团长。
work as a foreman
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- factory foreman
- 工厂工头
- The factory foreman inspected the assembly line every morning.工厂工头每天早上检查装配线。
- construction foreman
- 建筑工头
- The construction foreman directed the workers to pour concrete.建筑工头指挥工人们浇筑混凝土。
- jury foreman
- 陪审团首席
- The jury foreman announced the verdict in court.陪审团首席在法庭上宣布了裁决。
- shift foreman
- 轮班工头
- The night shift foreman reported a shortage of materials.夜班工头报告了材料短缺。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把'fore'想象成'前'，'man'是'人'，工头就是站在前面指挥工人的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：factory floor、construction site、courtroom 通常义项为“工头”，多用于工厂或建筑工地等场景，属于中性或略微正式；义项“陪审团团长”用于法庭场合，语义较正式。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为foremen
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -man and share an unstressed /mən/ final syllable, but their stressed vowels differ (e.g., /aɪ/, /iː/, /ɛ/, /ɜː/, /ɪ/, /ɒ/), so they do not rhyme with foreman (/ˈfɔːrmən/). They are spelling lookalikes only.
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。
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