中文词源
sailor 水手，船员
sail,航行，-or,人。引申词义水手，船员。
英语词源
- sailor (n.)
- c. 1400, sailer, agent noun from sail (v.). Spelling with -o- arose 16c., probably by influence of tailor, etc., and to distinguish the meaning "seaman, mariner" from "thing that sails." It replaced much older seaman and mariner (q.q.v.). Old English also had merefara "sailor." Applied as an adjective from 1870s to clothing styles and items based on a sailor's characteristic attire.
权威例句
- 1. The sailor went through all the motions smartly.
- 这个水手机灵地走了走过场。
- 2. a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic
- 独自横渡大西洋的人
- 3. He went about in the disguise of a sailor.
- 他伪装成海员到处流窜.
- 4. The old sailor reeled off one story after another.
- 老海员滔滔不绝地讲了一个又一个故事.
- 5. The sailor dipped the ship's flag as a salute.
- 水手将船上的旗降下来再上去以示致敬.