| 单词 | first mate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst mate first mate the chief officer of a merchant vessel, second in command to the master (cf. mate n.2 5a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > mate mate1488 first mate1683 first officer1758 chief1896 mister1897 maat1919 1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. iii. i. 114 William Klopper, First-Mate and Carpenter. 1727 P. Longueville Eng. Hermit ii. 151 The Captain of her having been first Mate of the Ship to which Quarll did formerly belong. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 398/2 The deck-hand ‘roustabouts’, under the stimulus of the first mate, began to carry it abroad. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore vi. 118 ‘But thirty-nine, I doubt’, said the first mate, lowering his quadrant. 2011 J. Buchan Trawlerman ix. 198 The first mate's job can be tricky. Being the conduit between the captain and the crew. < as lemmas |
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