| 单词 | canoeman |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanoeman canoeman n. a person (esp. a man) who paddles or uses a canoe; spec. (in Canada) a boatman employed by the fur companies to transport goods and passengers to and from the trading posts on the lakes and rivers; = voyageur n. (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > paddler of canoe canoeman1681 paddler1770 pork eater1793 kayaker1856 kayak man1864 canoeist1866 canoer1866 kayakist1946 1681 J. Nightingale Let. 25 May in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. vii. 159 Deduktes 3 months canky mony for 7 canoe men. 1774 D. Jones Jrnl. (1865) 49 Our canoe-men..made themselves scarce. 1885 F. Pollock in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 261/2 An expert canoeman will almost turn it round with one twist of the paddle. 1961 H. MacLennan in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 433 Reading and writing was of no use to a canoe man, (nearly all the engagés in the fur trade signed with an X). 2004 Weekend Australian (Nexis) 17 July c8 Like the old Pacific canoemen with their stick charts, he knew where he was just by the sea's motion and temperament. < as lemmas |
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