| 单词 | green hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen hand green hand n. a new or untrained recruit, esp. on board a ship; cf. hand n. 14 and green man n. 2. ΚΠ 1747 G. G. Beekman Let. 17 Mar. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 16 The barrer Captain Israel Boarman is a green hand, if you can help him to some freight back pray doe. 1790 T. Coxe Notes on Amer. Fisheries in T. Jefferson Papers (1974) XIX. 186 They confine the advances to Seamen in this Trade [sc. the Newfoundland fishery]..to one half of what is due 'till their final discharge..except in the case of green hands whose outfit may actually require more. 1864 C. F. Hall Life with Esquimaux I. 91 Being a stranger in the place and a green hand, I found it very difficult to get a berth. 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) ii. 78 Coiling was a job for the apprentices and green hands when a few lines were involved. < as lemmas |
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