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

• Portugal is a seafaring nation.
  葡萄牙是一个航海国家。
• 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。
• 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。
• Britain is a seafaring nation.
  英国是个航海国。
• "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。
• A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska.
  居住在哥伦比亚特区的太平洋海岸和西南阿拉斯加州的北美洲印第安人的航海团体。
• Being such a seafaring nation, it seems only natural that the national dish is dried codfish.
  作为这样一个内陆国家，似乎国菜是鳕鱼干（内陆国家还这么挑剔？干的鳕鱼？）
• 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。
• With the common allurement of seafaring men.
  他用水手们常用的诱人航海的办法。
• Her former consort, I understand, was a seafaring man.
  我了解到，她的前夫原来是一位航海的人。