sea-farerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈsiˌfɛɹɚ/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈsiˌfeɹɚ/, /-fɛəɹɚ/

名詞

seafarer (plural seafarers)

1. Someone whose occupation is operating a ship or boat at sea, for either civilian or military purposes.

   Synonyms: mariner, seaman, sailor

   Hyponyms: merchant mariner, merchant seaman

   An intergovernmental panel will draw up plans to relieve seafarers who have been stuck at sea during a crisis.

2. Anyone who travels by sea.

   Clearly the earliest Australians were seafarers who landed there tens of thousands of years ago; our quest to know more about them — did they come from Melanesia? what kind of boats did they have? were they blown out to sea by a storm? — is ongoing.

関連する語

• seafare
• seafaring