Word · Frequency #17151
waterman
船工；船夫；划手
someone who drives or rides in a boat
- 1.
A man who lives or works on the water; a boatman.
生活在海上或从事水上工作的人；船夫。
- 2.
Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
以送水或供水为业的人；挑水夫。
- 3.
A man skilled in multiple aquatic sports disciplines, such as surfing, bodysurfing, undersea diving, canoe paddling, fishing, etc.
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。
生活在海上或从事水上工作的人；船夫。；以送水或供水为业的人；挑水夫。；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。；船工；船家
In use
The old waterman rowed us across the lake without making a sound.
Every summer, the watermen of the coastal village take tourists to the nearby islands.
He worked as a waterman on the river for more than twenty years.
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。
watermen
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。
Common mistakes
He is waterman.He is a waterman.
Connections
Collocations
- a skilled waterman
- 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。
- Thames watermen
- 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。
- hire a waterman
- 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。
- a waterman's skill
- 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。
Synonyms
- boatman
- 以驾驶或划小木船为业的人 · 与 waterman 最接近，可泛指任何驾驶或划船的人，正式程度中等。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 water（水）和 man（人）合起来记：水上工作的人，就是船夫、船工。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 watermen。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Shares the initial /ˈwɔːtə/ with waterfall. Postman, fireman, fisherman and boatman share the reduced final syllable /mən/ with waterman. No listed word rhymes completely with waterman. Woman looks like a -man compound but is pronounced /ˈwʊmən/ and is not one.
Learn the forms together
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