| 释义 |
ˈlongliner Chiefly N. Amer.
Also long-liner.
[f. long-line 1 + -er1.]
One who fishes with a long-line; a fishing vessel which uses longlines.
1909Westm. Gaz. 3 June 14/3 Dog-fish, these terrors to netsmen and long-liners. 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) x. 183 The Hearn long-liners and trawlers, who were just beginning their vast fishery in those waters. 1955Fishermen's Advocate (Port Union, Newfoundland) 14 Jan. 10/5 Three new longliners are now under construction. 1959Globe Mag. (Toronto) 12 Sept. 21/2 Groundfishing operations—draggers with their great, bottom-scraping nets, and longliners with multiple lines armed with hundreds of baited hooks—were the principal targets. 1969Guardian 8 Mar. 7/5 Off this place the professional Japanese long-liners have taken swordfish in excess of a thousand pounds. 1974Nat. Geographic Jan. 114/2 The boat is of the type still called a long-liner, from a time when the crews of such boats fished with lines and hooks. 1974Sci. Amer. Mar. 119/1 The yellowfin-tuna fishery on the Pacific Equator, worked only recently by American and Japanese long-liners, is plainly disclosed in the Nantucketers' logbooks.
Hence longlinerman, a member of the crew of a longliner.
1955Fishermen's Advocate (Port Union, Newfoundland) 14 Jan. 7/3 The courses, while aimed at longlinermen, were made available to all who wished to attend. |