signalman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
    — With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
  2. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling.
  3. Somebody employed to direct rigging or crane operations by providing a different point of view.

词形变化

signalmen plural

词汇关系

近义词
signaller
衍生词
handsignalman hand signalman
相关词
signalwoman

词源

Etymology tree
English signal
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English signalman
From signal + -man.
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