oarsman

IPA/ˈɔːzmən/
KK[ˈɔrzmən]IPA/ˈɔːrzmən/

oarsman — 名詞

  • oarsmansingular
  • oarsmenplural

1. a man who moves a boat through water by pulling on long wooden or plastic blades

1.名詞C1
釋義

男槳手

划船的男性,通常是賽艇隊員

a man who moves a boat through water by pulling on long wooden or plastic blades, usually as one member of a racing team.

例句

Lucas trained every morning on the river to become a stronger oarsman.

Lucas 每天早上都到河上訓練,希望成為更強壯的男槳手。

subject + train + to become + oarsman

Eight oarsmen sat in a long, narrow boat and waited for the starting signal.

八位男槳手坐在一艘細長的船裡,等著起跑信號響起。

oarsmen (plural) in a racing boat

常見搭配
  • skilled oarsman
  • veteran oarsman
  • lead oarsman
  • the youngest oarsman
  • Cambridge / Oxford oarsman
同義詞
  • rower

    gender-neutral and more common in everyday English

  • oarswoman

    female equivalent of oarsman

  • sculler

    a rower who uses two light oars (sculls), one in each hand

  • crewman

    any male member of a boat's crew, not only the ones at the oars

文法句型

a skilled oarsman

veteran oarsman

an oarsman in a team/crew

用法筆記

Refers specifically to a man; for women, use 'oarswoman', and for a mixed or unspecified group, 'rower' is the gender-neutral term. Strongly associated with racing crews — a casual person rowing a small boat on holiday is usually called a 'rower' rather than an 'oarsman'.

常見錯誤

My sister is a talented oarsman.
My sister is a talented oarswoman.
use 'oarsman' only for a male rower; for a female, say 'oarswoman'.
I paddled a kayak and felt like an oarsman.
I paddled a kayak and felt like a paddler.
'oarsman' uses an oar fixed to the boat; a kayak or canoe uses a hand-held paddle.

同根字

  • oar
    名詞B2
  • oar
    動詞C1
  • oarswoman
    名詞C1
  • oarsmanship
    名詞C2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • a skilled oarsman
  • a veteran oarsman
  • lead oarsman
  • Cambridge oarsman
  • Olympic oarsman

介系詞搭配

  • from (a team / country)
  • in (a crew / boat)