We think the boatswain a brute, and, practically, tell him so. 我们认为这个水手长是个残忍的家伙,并几乎对他直言相告了。
We thought the boatswain a brute, and, practically, told him so. 我们认为这个水手长是个残忍的家伙,并几乎对他直言相告了。
The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and, though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate. 水手长乔伯-安德森是船上最合适的人选,于是就让他行使大副的职责,但仍保留水手长的头衔。
boatswain
[ noun ] a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen <noun.person>
Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird.
{Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.
Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called also {boatswain}.
Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf. {Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.] 1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of gull of the genus {Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also {boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).
Tropic \Trop"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
{Tropic bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus {Pha["e]thon}, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. {Pha["e]thon flavirostris} (called also {boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
Earlier, the duchess was presented a boatswain's mate's whistle, used to pipe dignitaries aboard, and she playfully tooted on it as she and the duke rode up to the flight deck on a huge aircraft elevator.
The attack came just a few hours after an Iranian attack craft fired on a British flag tanker, the Gentle Breeze, killing a Filipino boatswain.