Word · Frequency #17604
shipowner
船主
a person who owns a ship or a share in a ship
- 1.
Someone who owns a ship.
拥有船舶的人。
拥有船舶的人。
In use
The shipowner decided to renovate the old vessel before the next voyage.
Many shipowners attended the conference to discuss new safety regulations.
As a shipowner, she is responsible for the welfare of the crew.
the shipowner of [ship]
表示“某艘船的船主”时，常用 the shipowner of ... 结构。
The shipowner of the tanker was held liable for the oil spill.
这艘油轮的船主对石油泄漏负有责任。
a shipowner who does sth
shipowner 是可数名词，复数形式为 shipowners；这里 who 引导定语从句限定船主。
A shipowner who ignores safety rules may lose his license.
忽视安全规则的船主可能会被吊销执照。
Common mistakes
He is shipowner.He is a shipowner.
shipowner 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；中文里“他是船主”没有冠词，但英语单数可数名词不能单独使用。
The port has many shipowner.The port has many shipowners.
many 后接可数名词复数，shipowner 的复数形式是 shipowners；中文名词没有复数词尾变化，所以容易漏加 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- shipowner's liability
- 船东责任
- The shipowner's liability may be limited under national law.根据国内法，船东的责任可能受到限制。
- shipowner and charterer
- 船东与租船人
- The contract allocates risks between the shipowner and charterer.合同在船东和租船人之间分配风险。
- shipowner's duty
- 船东义务
- A shipowner's duty is to provide a seaworthy vessel.船东的义务是提供适航的船舶。
- shipowner's representative
- 船东代表
- The shipowner's representative inspected the cargo at the port.船东代表在港口检查了货物。
- shipowners' association
- 船东协会
- The shipowners' association issued a statement on safety rules.船东协会就安全规则发表了声明。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：ship（船）+ owner（主人）→ 船的主人就是船主。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：航运贸易、海事保险、法律合同 shipowner 是比较正式的书面用语，多用于航运、保险、法律等正式场合；日常口语中通常说 ship owner。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with shipowner (ˈʃipəunə). The -owner words share the spelling and the final unstressed /əʊnə/ but have different stress patterns, so they are lookalikes, not rhymes. shipmate, shipwreck, and shipyard share the initial stressed syllable /ʃɪp/ but differ after that.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.