seafaring

英 [ˈsiːfeərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsiːferɪŋ]

adj.  海上劳作(或航行)的

GRE

BNC.33561 / COCA.25164

牛津词典

adj.

• 海上劳作（或航行）的
  connected with work or travel on the sea/ocean
  1. a seafaring nation
     航海民族

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 以航海为业的;定期出海旅行的
  Seafaringmeans working as a sailor or travelling regularly on the sea.
  1. The Lebanese were a seafaring people.
     黎巴嫩人曾是一个航海民族。
  2. ...a seafaring vessel.
     航海船

英英释义

noun

• travel by water
  Synonym:water travel
• the work of a sailor
  Synonym:navigationsailing

adj

• used on the high seas
  1. seafaring vessels
  Synonym:oceangoingseagoing

双语例句

• For Portuguese speakers these works have long been an evocation of a seafaring heritage in which many take pride.
  对讲葡萄牙语的人而言，长期以来，正是这些瓷器让很多人怀念他们引以为豪的航海传统。
• Being such a seafaring nation, it seems only natural that the national dish is dried codfish.
  作为这样一个内陆国家，似乎国菜是鳕鱼干（内陆国家还这么挑剔？干的鳕鱼？）
• He could give no description of his assailants except that they were certainly seafaring men, and, by their speech, Cornishmen.
  除了能确定他们是水手以及操着康沃尔郡口音之外，他无法描绘出关于袭击者更多的东西。
• He had sole jurisdiction in maritime and seafaring causes.
  他对海商案件拥有专属管辖权。
• "God made the vittles but the devil made the cook," was a popular saying used by seafaring men in the19th century when salted beef was staple diet aboard ship.
  “上帝创造了世界，魔鬼创造了厨子”是十九世纪海员们经常说得一句话。因为当时他们的主食是腌制的牛肉。
• Britain is a seafaring nation.
  英国是个航海国。
• One of a seafaring Scandinavian people who plundered the coasts of northern and Western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century.
  海盗从8世纪到10世纪劫掠欧洲北部和西部海岸的航海的斯堪的纳维亚人。
• You cannot understand my seafaring thoughts, nor would I have you understand.
  你不会懂得我如大海般奔涌的思绪，我也不愿让你明白。
• China knows that countries in the region such as Greece, Cyprus and Turkey are old seafaring nations and they have surplus capacity.
  中国人知道邻近国家中的希腊，塞浦路斯，土耳其都是老牌的海洋国家，会有剩余的海运能力。
• Britain has always been a seafaring nation.
  英国一直是一个航海的民族。