| 单词 | river pilot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver pilot river pilot n. ΚΠ 1760 Proc. Old Bailey 9 July 214/2 I am a river pilot; I have known the prisoner ever since he was born. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 799/2 Mr. Clemens..in his character, first, as an apprentice to the occupation of a river pilot. 1925 W. Faulkner Let. in Thinking of Home (1992) 192 We got a bucket of live bait here, and picked up a river pilot, went on further to an old wharf and tied up to fish. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xvi. 160 The half-caste river-pilot has now to negotiate, grounding once or twice (fluvial equivalent of an awkward halt in conversation). < as lemmas |
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