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单词 fireman
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Definition of fireman in English:

fireman

nounPlural firemen ˈfʌɪəmənˈfaɪ(ə)rmən
  • 1A male firefighter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Policemen all over the country and firemen are employees of governments.
    • The municipal fire department was called and the firemen battled in a fruitless attempt to control the blaze.
    • Under the scheme, retained firemen answer medical emergency calls to deliver advanced first aid.
    • Staggering house prices are forcing qualified teachers, nurses, firemen and police officers to leave the borough because they cannot afford to buy in the area.
    • A retired fireman put in £20,000 and a residents' group invested £5,000.
    • How much does it cost to clean up ten fatal road crashes every day, and how many emergency workers - police, paramedics, firemen, doctors and nurses - are involved?
    • They're being drawn to careers of service, as police or firemen, emergency health workers, teachers, counsellors, or in the military.
    • In France, three volunteer firemen died yesterday while fighting a blaze that engulfed a barn.
    • Flames were shooting out through the first floor of the building when firemen arrived.
    • Two fireman were struck by rocks hurled by children, some as young as 10.
    • Two firemen were injured during the rescue operation.
    • The firemen arrived within minutes and managed to put out the fire quite quickly.
    • Each year, firemen, forestry workers, civilians, Gardaí and sometimes soldiers are deployed for long periods in bringing outbreaks under control.
    • Thousands of firemen, police, soldiers and volunteers sifted through the landscape of twisted metal and smashed concrete.
    • Local firemen were called to the scene and took a number of hours to get the blaze under control.
    • He said an off-duty fireman immediately took command, marshalling helpers until paramedics arrived.
    • His father is a fireman and his mother an adult education worker, and he has a four-year-old sister.
    • The driver was trapped inside and had to be rescued by firemen using cutting gear.
    • Police said the former fireman awoke to find a young man rifling through his living room.
    • In one week firemen were called to the block 13 times because of teenage mobs wrecking it.
  • 2A person who tends a furnace or the fire of a steam engine or steamship.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He remained in New York state until 1859, when he went to New Orleans and got a job as fireman on a steamship.
    • Both the engineer and fireman of the train were killed instantly in the overturning of the giant locomotive.
    • On the St Clair Avenue side of the yards, there is an old house, now used by the locomotive department as a bunk house for the locomotive drivers and firemen.
    • The fireman had to keep shoveling coal into the furnace which generated the steam to propel the train.
    • At least you found his machinery and equipment and the fireman building up his fire and steam for the heavy draw to come; but he was by himself.
 
 

Definition of fireman in US English:

fireman

nounˈfī(ə)rmənˈfaɪ(ə)rmən
  • 1A firefighter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In France, three volunteer firemen died yesterday while fighting a blaze that engulfed a barn.
    • Staggering house prices are forcing qualified teachers, nurses, firemen and police officers to leave the borough because they cannot afford to buy in the area.
    • Policemen all over the country and firemen are employees of governments.
    • Local firemen were called to the scene and took a number of hours to get the blaze under control.
    • His father is a fireman and his mother an adult education worker, and he has a four-year-old sister.
    • They're being drawn to careers of service, as police or firemen, emergency health workers, teachers, counsellors, or in the military.
    • The municipal fire department was called and the firemen battled in a fruitless attempt to control the blaze.
    • In one week firemen were called to the block 13 times because of teenage mobs wrecking it.
    • Flames were shooting out through the first floor of the building when firemen arrived.
    • The driver was trapped inside and had to be rescued by firemen using cutting gear.
    • Thousands of firemen, police, soldiers and volunteers sifted through the landscape of twisted metal and smashed concrete.
    • Two fireman were struck by rocks hurled by children, some as young as 10.
    • He said an off-duty fireman immediately took command, marshalling helpers until paramedics arrived.
    • Two firemen were injured during the rescue operation.
    • Under the scheme, retained firemen answer medical emergency calls to deliver advanced first aid.
    • Each year, firemen, forestry workers, civilians, Gardaí and sometimes soldiers are deployed for long periods in bringing outbreaks under control.
    • How much does it cost to clean up ten fatal road crashes every day, and how many emergency workers - police, paramedics, firemen, doctors and nurses - are involved?
    • A retired fireman put in £20,000 and a residents' group invested £5,000.
    • The firemen arrived within minutes and managed to put out the fire quite quickly.
    • Police said the former fireman awoke to find a young man rifling through his living room.
  • 2A person who tends a furnace or the fire of a steam engine or steamship; a stoker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both the engineer and fireman of the train were killed instantly in the overturning of the giant locomotive.
    • The fireman had to keep shoveling coal into the furnace which generated the steam to propel the train.
    • At least you found his machinery and equipment and the fireman building up his fire and steam for the heavy draw to come; but he was by himself.
    • He remained in New York state until 1859, when he went to New Orleans and got a job as fireman on a steamship.
    • On the St Clair Avenue side of the yards, there is an old house, now used by the locomotive department as a bunk house for the locomotive drivers and firemen.
    1. 2.1US An enlisted person in the US navy who maintains and operates a ship's machinery.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A US Navy fireman apprentice fell overboard of the USS Kitty Hawk on Wednesday.
      • He was exposed to asbestos-containing products while working as a welder, pipefitter, and boilermaker at a manufacturing plant, and as a fireman in the Navy.
 
 
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