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

• 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。
• In Yongle and Xuande year of Ming Dynasty, the sea route traffic developed rapidly after Zheng He's Seafaring, and it promoted the development of our country's porcelain production.
  明代永乐、宣德时期，郑和下西洋以后，由于海路交通的拓展，促进了我国瓷器生产的发展。
• He is Tintin's best friend, a multi-millionaire seafaring Merchant Marine Captain.
  阿道克船长是主人公丁丁最好的朋友，他是一个身价亿万的航海商人、船长。
• You cannot understand my seafaring thoughts, nor would I have you understand.
  你不会懂得我如大海般奔涌的思绪，我也不愿让你明白。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？）
• "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 private yacht is a must for seafaring billionaires.
  私人游艇属于那些深爱大海的亿万富翁。
• 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。