seafaring

英 [ˈsiːfeərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsiːferɪŋ]

adj.  海上劳作(或航行)的

GRE

BNC.33561 / COCA.25164

牛津词典

adj.

• 海上劳作（或航行）的
  connected with work or travel on the sea/ocean
  1. a seafaring nation
     航海民族

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 以航海为业的;定期出海旅行的
  Seafaringmeans working as a sailor or travelling regularly on the sea.
  1. The Lebanese were a seafaring people.
     黎巴嫩人曾是一个航海民族。
  2. ...a seafaring vessel.
     航海船

英英释义

noun

• travel by water
  Synonym:water travel
• the work of a sailor
  Synonym:navigationsailing

adj

• used on the high seas
  1. seafaring vessels
  Synonym:oceangoingseagoing

双语例句

• The Lebanese were a seafaring people.
  黎巴嫩人曾是一个航海民族。
• Consider China's Cosco, the world's largest operator of dry bulk ships, and a company so steeped in seafaring lore that it identifies its chief executive first as captain.
  看看世界最大的干散货船舶运营商中国远洋运输集团（Cosco）吧。该公司的航海业根基如此深厚，以至于它把首席执行官首先称为船长。
• With the common allurement of seafaring men.
  他用水手们常用的诱人航海的办法。
• "God made the vittles but the devil made the cook," was a popular saying used by seafaring men in the19th century when salted beef was staple diet aboard ship.
  “上帝创造了世界，魔鬼创造了厨子”是十九世纪海员们经常说得一句话。因为当时他们的主食是腌制的牛肉。
• One of these seafaring men-the shipmaster, indeed, who had spoken to Hester Prynne-was so smitten with Pearl's aspect, that he attempted to lay hands upon her, with purpose to snatch a kiss.
  这些水手当中有一个人就是同海丝特白兰谈过话的那位船长，他被珠儿的容貌深深吸引，试图把一双手放在她头上，并且打算亲亲她。
• A team of scientists from four countries have set out on a seafaring expedition to discover what color the Atlantic Ocean is.
  目前，一只四国科学家小组已经开始远洋航行，去研究大西洋到底是什么颜色。
• The Mori have a long history of seafaring and are sea masters without equal.
  毛利家拥有漫长的航海史，而且是无可比拟的海上霸主。
• The practice had been controversial because it contravened common seafaring ways.
  这一做法曾饱受争议，因为它有违通常的航运做法。
• This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North Africa. a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in S Alaska.
  此课程检视在中东与北美的阿拉伯语族群之传统展演。居住在南阿拉斯加州的北美印第安族航海群中的人。
• China knows that countries in the region such as Greece, Cyprus and Turkey are old seafaring nations and they have surplus capacity.
  中国人知道邻近国家中的希腊，塞浦路斯，土耳其都是老牌的海洋国家，会有剩余的海运能力。