leadsman

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈliːdz.mən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. lodesman (a leader or guide) obsolete
  2. A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.
    — In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead, and, finding it directly take the ground, he, in his fright, called out, ‘There's only three fathom.’

词形变化

leadsmen plural ledës-man alternative leadsmen plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ledes-man (“a military commander”, “a general”); equivalent to leads (the genitive form of lead: “a leading”, “a directing”, “a guiding”) + man.
词源 2
From (genitive form of) lead (“heavy metal; Pb”) + man.
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