| 单词 | lighter service |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslighter service C2. General use as a modifier, as in lighter load, lighter-master, lighter service, etc.; also with agent nouns, forming compounds in which lighter expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in lighter-builder.See also lighterman n. ΚΠ 1559–60 Treasurers' Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 36 Item, payd for one lighter lode of stones, xljs. vjd. qua. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 112 Lighter-builders [were] idle, and laid by. 1891 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 Oct. 2/6 Lighter Masters should be licensed and their lighters examined as to their fitness. 1916 Bonny Lighter-boy in C. J. Sharp One Hundred Eng. Folksongs 112 It's of a brisk young sailor lad... He's my bonny lighter-boy. 2014 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 9 June a7/4 Ladd needed the steamboat for lighter service (carrying cotton and goods from the shallow water to the deep water). < as lemmas |
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