boatswain

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbəʊ.sən/    美 /ˈboʊ.sən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.; The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
  2. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.; The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
  3. A kind of gull, the jaeger.
  4. The tropicbird.

词形变化

boatswains plural bosun alternative bo'sun alternative boson alternative bos'n alternative bo's'n alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
boatswain-bird boatswain's call boatswain's chair boatswain's mate boatswain's pipe

词源

From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”).
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