单词 | cabin boy |
释义 | cabin boyn. A boy who waits on the officers and passengers on board. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > servants attendants cabin boy1726 mess boy1813 steward1836 stewardess1837 peggy1902 mess1927 winger1929 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xiii. 67 I was sent to Oxford, scholar of a college, and my elder brother a cabbin boy to the West-Indies. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 467 Every soul on board perished, except the cabbin-boy. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 303 Sir Christopher Mings..entered the service as a cabin boy..His cabin boy was Sir John Narborough, and the cabin boy of Sir John Narborough was Sir Cloudesley Shovel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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