| 单词 | winchman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinchman winchman n. (a) a man who operates a winch; (b) a man lowered by a winch from a helicopter, esp. to rescue people from shipwrecks, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers > by being lowered from helicopter winchman1882 1882 Standard 26 Aug. 3/7 A man should have watched the case and given orders to the gangwayman, who, in turn, ought to have given orders to the winchman. 1894 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 The winchman and the bullrope man..in assisting to unload the vessel. 1958 Times 23 June 6/1 The girls..were brought up into the helicopter by winchman Sergeant Jim Gilpin. 1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 1/4 Along with winchman FS Roger Lynn he airlifted a two-ton cabin into the garden of a Durham man so that a kidney machine could be installed. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Aug. 1/2 (caption) Winchman on a rescue helicopter hangs over a crew member from yacht Ariadne. < as lemmas |
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