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单词 bargeman
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Definition of bargeman in English:

bargeman

nounPlural bargemen ˈbɑːdʒmanˈbɑrdʒmən
  • A person who works on a barge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the two bargemen fish the dead woman from the water, Joe realises the corpse is his ex-girlfriend Cathie.
    • He worked as a bell hanger and a bargeman on the Thames before a stint in the Royal Navy.
    • Set in 1950s Glasgow, Young Adam begins when two bargemen fish the body of a naked woman from the river, an event which precipitates an affair between the young deckhand and his boss's wife.
    • The Rhine bargemen attacked the steamships that were stealing their trade, and Rhineland peasants surged into the forests to cut wood.
    • The man still holding on to the tail, and the dog paddling bravely, the craft was quickly brought alongside the oar, which the bargeman seized and took on board.
    • For Joe, the enigmatic bargeman played by Ewan McGregor in Young Adam, employment is a necessary evil, a burden on the back of his freedom.
    • I learnt to revere the skill and knowledge of the coastal bargemen, like Jack Spitty the master of the Edith May in the 60s.
    • Mrs Claydon left the town's primary school at 14 to work as a housemaid and later married her next door neighbour Alfred-John, who was a bargeman.
    • Planning permission has been drawn up to convert and extend the 200-year-old former bargeman's cottage into a L-shaped home.
    • It's good to see an old canal brought back to life, but I wonder what those 19th century bargemen would make of the modern cappuccino lifestyle.
    • The film stars Ewan McGregor as Joe, a Scottish bargeman who lives and works on a boat with a family of three.
    • The bargeman took Lynette's sack, containing her holy book, her change of clothes, and her comb that she had smuggled in, and placed it onto the shore of the dock.
    • They provided work for eighty-one bargemen, and presumably made a profit for their thirty registered owners.
    • The Alabarch is very kind, but I must confess he is as rigid as a bargeman's pole.
 
 

Definition of bargeman in US English:

bargeman

nounˈbɑrdʒmənˈbärjmən
  • A person who has charge of, or works on, a barge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The film stars Ewan McGregor as Joe, a Scottish bargeman who lives and works on a boat with a family of three.
    • It's good to see an old canal brought back to life, but I wonder what those 19th century bargemen would make of the modern cappuccino lifestyle.
    • The man still holding on to the tail, and the dog paddling bravely, the craft was quickly brought alongside the oar, which the bargeman seized and took on board.
    • He worked as a bell hanger and a bargeman on the Thames before a stint in the Royal Navy.
    • I learnt to revere the skill and knowledge of the coastal bargemen, like Jack Spitty the master of the Edith May in the 60s.
    • Mrs Claydon left the town's primary school at 14 to work as a housemaid and later married her next door neighbour Alfred-John, who was a bargeman.
    • They provided work for eighty-one bargemen, and presumably made a profit for their thirty registered owners.
    • The Alabarch is very kind, but I must confess he is as rigid as a bargeman's pole.
    • The Rhine bargemen attacked the steamships that were stealing their trade, and Rhineland peasants surged into the forests to cut wood.
    • Planning permission has been drawn up to convert and extend the 200-year-old former bargeman's cottage into a L-shaped home.
    • Set in 1950s Glasgow, Young Adam begins when two bargemen fish the body of a naked woman from the river, an event which precipitates an affair between the young deckhand and his boss's wife.
    • For Joe, the enigmatic bargeman played by Ewan McGregor in Young Adam, employment is a necessary evil, a burden on the back of his freedom.
    • When the two bargemen fish the dead woman from the water, Joe realises the corpse is his ex-girlfriend Cathie.
    • The bargeman took Lynette's sack, containing her holy book, her change of clothes, and her comb that she had smuggled in, and placed it onto the shore of the dock.
 
 
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