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a waterman
waterman 是可数名词，表示单个船夫时用 a waterman。
A waterman rowed the tourists around the lake.
一位船夫划船带游客们游览湖面。
船工；船夫；划手
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船工；船夫；划手
someone who drives or rides in a boat
A waterman rowed the tourists around the lake.
一位船夫划船带游客们游览湖面。
生活在海上或从事水上工作的人；船夫。
A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
以送水或供水为业的人；挑水夫。
Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
精通多项水上运动(如冲浪、人体冲浪、潜水、划独木舟、钓鱼等)的男子。
A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
The old waterman rowed us across the lake without making a sound.
那位老船夫一声不响地把我们划过了湖。
Every summer, the watermen of the coastal village take tourists to the nearby islands.
每年夏天，这个海滨村庄的船夫们都会载游客去附近的岛屿。
He worked as a waterman on the river for more than twenty years.
他在河上当了二十多年的船夫。
waterman 是可数名词，表示单个船夫时用 a waterman。
A waterman rowed the tourists around the lake.
一位船夫划船带游客们游览湖面。
复数形式是 watermen，不是 watermans。
Watermen are often seen along the docks.
码头边经常能看到船夫们。
Not this
He is waterman.
Use this
He is a waterman.
waterman 是可数名词，单数作表语时前面需要有冠词或限定词，不能直接裸用；加不定冠词 a 表示“一个船夫”。
Not this
There are two watermans.
Use this
There are two watermen.
waterman 的复数是不规则的 watermen（同 man 变 men），不能按一般规则直接加 -s；two 后面要用复数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
熟练的船夫
The skilled waterman guided the small boat through the rapids.
这位熟练的船夫驾着小船穿过急流。
泰晤士河船夫
Thames watermen have ferried passengers in London for centuries.
几个世纪以来，泰晤士河船夫一直在伦敦载客渡河。
雇一名船工
We hired a waterman to row us across the lake.
我们雇了一名船工划船送我们过湖。
船夫的本领
It takes a waterman's skill to moor the boat safely.
要安全停泊小船，需要有船夫的本领。
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把 water（水）和 man（人）合起来记：水上工作的人，就是船夫、船工。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品中、历史语境中 该词比 boatman 更正式，多用于文学或历史叙述；日常口语中用 boatman 更自然。
复数形式为 watermen。
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