单词 | navigator |
释义 | navigator (once / 1491 pages) n A navigator is the person whose job it is to steer the ship. The navigator plans and charts the course and then points the boat in the right direction. Use the noun navigator when you talk about someone who's in charge of planning a ship's route. Airplanes have navigators too, to direct the course they will take using maps and various instruments. A more old fashioned meaning of navigator is an ocean explorer. In fact, in Latin, navigator simply means "sailor," from navis, "ship," and agere, "drive." WORD FAMILYnavigator: navigators+/circumnavigate: circumnavigated, circumnavigates, circumnavigating, circumnavigation/circumnavigation: circumnavigations/navigable: navigability, unnavigable/navigate: circumnavigate, navigable, navigated, navigates, navigating, navigation, navigator/navigation: navigational, navigations/navigational: navigationally USAGE EXAMPLESAnd this year, the lab started a partnership with Bellevue College’s Autism Spectrum Navigators program, and is offering students with autism a chance to intern. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) He and his brother didn’t pay much attention to the schedule their father kept as a B-52 navigator, but their mother did. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Mr Stain's crew includes a Dutchman, an Australian and a Welsh lobster fisherman, who is the navigator. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the ship's officer in charge of navigation Syn|Hyper sailing master officer, ship's officer a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel 2n the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course Hypo|Hyper astrogator the navigator of a spacecraft aircrewman a member of an aircrew 3n in earlier times, a person who explored by ship Exp|Hypo|Hyper Vasco Nunez de Balboa Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) Vitus BehringDanish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) Giovanni CabatoItalian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) Jacques CartierFrench explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) Captain James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) Vasco da GammaPortuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) John DavisEnglish navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) Bartholomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) Sir Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Sir Martin FrobisherEnglish explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594) Sir Humphrey GilbertEnglish navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) Robert GrayAmerican navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) Henry HudsonEnglish navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611) Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521) Abel Janszoon TasmanDutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) George VancouverEnglish navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798) Giovanni da VerrazzanoFlorentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) Americus VespuciusFlorentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512) Juan Ponce de Leon, Ponce de Leon Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521) adventurer, explorer someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) |
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