steersman

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɪəz.mən/    美 /ˈstiɹz.mən/|/ˈstɪɹz.mən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who steers a ship or other vessel; the helmsman.
    — And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree.

词形变化

steersmen plural

词源

Etymology tree
English steer
English -s-
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English steersman
From steer + -s- + -man.
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