Word · Frequency #9815
foremen
领班，工头
foremen is the plural of foreman.
a person who supervises and directs workers, especially in a factory or on a construction site
通常指工厂或建筑工地上的主管
- 1.
A workplace leader.
工作场所的领导者。
- 2.
a person who exercises control over workers
工头
- 3.
The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
主持陪审团并代表其发言的成员。
- 4.
a man who is foreperson of a jury
陪审团男首席
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
In use
The foreman told the workers to start unloading the truck.
As a foreman, she is responsible for assigning tasks to the crew.
The factory foreman inspected each product before it left the assembly line.
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
表示从事领班的工作。
She works as a foreman in a textile factory.
她在一家纺织厂当领班。
foreman in/at [place]
Connections
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。
Pop culture & quotes
- My foreman says these jobs are going to be the death of me
- 我的工头说这些工作会要了我的命The song 'Working Man' by Rush describes the life of a blue-collar worker.
Learner notes
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。
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。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为foremen
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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