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单词 dockhand
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Definition of dockhand in US English:

dockhand

nounˈdäkhandˈdäkhand
  • A longshoreman.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As readers and writers, legislators and city council members, farmers and dockhands, workers and employers, Northern men and women responded to this question with a public debate over the possible outcomes of emancipation.
    • Of course, the marina dockhands were busy fueling boats.
    • Making a cursory inquiry to several of the dockhands about if any of the ships needed a strong body, he slowly made his way down the pier.
    • Houseboating on Lake Powell, in the middle of the Great American Desert, is a totally different experience so we dutifully followed the dockhand's instructions on anchoring our boat - ‘Use a shovel,’ he said.
    • On a good night, weren't both establishments bursting with dockhands, sailors, river pirates, and errant swells?
    • He lifts huge steel containers of cargo from ship to shore with a 130-foot-tall crane - moving far more cargo in an hour than he moved in a day as a dockhand 30 years ago.
    • Even without the rags and the apparent mistreatment of being held there, the man looked the perfect part of the poor man, the simple dockhand.
    • The port district, although deserted by sailors and dockhands by nightfall, still played host to a vast syndicate of criminals.
    • On shore dockhands caught the lines and shipyard guards with firearms held at port watched as they pulled the ship in and made it fast.
    • I leaned on the railing and watched teams of dockhands transferring crates to the waiting wagons.
 
 

Definition of dockhand in US English:

dockhand

nounˈdäkhand
  • A longshoreman.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a good night, weren't both establishments bursting with dockhands, sailors, river pirates, and errant swells?
    • As readers and writers, legislators and city council members, farmers and dockhands, workers and employers, Northern men and women responded to this question with a public debate over the possible outcomes of emancipation.
    • He lifts huge steel containers of cargo from ship to shore with a 130-foot-tall crane - moving far more cargo in an hour than he moved in a day as a dockhand 30 years ago.
    • Of course, the marina dockhands were busy fueling boats.
    • On shore dockhands caught the lines and shipyard guards with firearms held at port watched as they pulled the ship in and made it fast.
    • I leaned on the railing and watched teams of dockhands transferring crates to the waiting wagons.
    • The port district, although deserted by sailors and dockhands by nightfall, still played host to a vast syndicate of criminals.
    • Houseboating on Lake Powell, in the middle of the Great American Desert, is a totally different experience so we dutifully followed the dockhand's instructions on anchoring our boat - ‘Use a shovel,’ he said.
    • Even without the rags and the apparent mistreatment of being held there, the man looked the perfect part of the poor man, the simple dockhand.
    • Making a cursory inquiry to several of the dockhands about if any of the ships needed a strong body, he slowly made his way down the pier.
 
 
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