stevedore

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈstiːvəˌdɔː(ɹ)/    美 /ˈstivəˌdɔɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
    — Stowadores.
动词 v.
  1. To load or unload a ship's cargo. transitive
    — During the year 334,242 tons of cargo were stevedored and 933,092 tons were handled and transferred.

词形变化

stevedores plural stowadore alternative stevedores present,singular,third-person stevedoring participle,present stevedored participle,past stevedored past

词源

词源 1
From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, stīpāre (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of stīpō (“to cram, fill, stuff”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, which is from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was attested in 1788 in the early form stowadore (see the quotations). It was included in the 1st edition of Webster’s Dictionary (1828) as stevedore.
词源 2
From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, stīpāre (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of stīpō (“to cram, fill, stuff”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, which is from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was attested in 1788 in the early form stowadore (see the quotations). It was included in the 1st edition of Webster’s Dictionary (1828) as stevedore.
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