| 释义 |
whaleman|ˈhweɪlmən|
[man n.1 4 p, 14.]
1. = whaler 1.
1716B. Church Hist. Philip's War (1867) II. 133 And Whale-men then will be very serviceable in this Expedition, which having a promise made to them, that they shall be released in good season to go home a Whaling in the Fall. 1850H. Melville White Jacket I. iv. 21 He launched out..into tremendous laudations of whalemen; declaring that whalemen alone deserved the name of sailors. 1898F. T. Bullen Cruise of ‘Cachalot’ xvi. 198 A smarter whaleman than Mistah Jones did not live.
2. = whaler 2.
1767M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 19 Whalemen fitted out for the Straits of Belle Isle, and Davis Straits. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast vii, The ship was the Cortes, whale⁓man, of New Bedford. 1860Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 254 There were two or three whalemen in port. |