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单词 cockswain
释义

coxswain or cockswain /kokˈsn or kokˈswān/

noun
  1. The helmsman of a lifeboat
  2. (usu shortened to cox) the person who steers certain racing boats (rowing)
  3. A petty officer in charge of a boat and crew
transitive verb and intransitive verb

To act as coxswain (for)

ORIGIN: Obs cock a boat (cf cockboat) and swain

coxed adjective

Having a cox

coxˈless adjective

Without a cox

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