- 1舵手。划龍舟時船尾掌舵的那位就是 steersman；比喻用法指「掌舵的人、領導者」
The person who steers a ship or boat — the one holding the wheel or the and keeping the boat on course. On a big ship the captain decides where to go; the steersman actually turns the wheel and follows the orders.
The person who steers a ship or boat掌舵一艘船的人 — the one holding the wheel or the tiller就是握著舵輪或舵柄的人 and keeping the boat on course讓船保持在航線上的人. On a big ship在一艘大船上 the captain decides where to go船長決定要開去哪裡 the steersman actually turns the wheel而steersman(舵手)實際轉動舵輪 and follows the orders照著指令做
The word sounds old and slightly literary now. On a modern ship you would more often hear 'helmsman', and in the navy the person on duty at the wheel is simply 'the helm'.
The word這個字 sounds old and slightly literary now現在聽起來有點老、有點文學性. On a modern ship在現代船上 you would more often hear你比較常會聽到 'helmsman''helmsman' and而 in the navy在海軍裡 the person on duty at the wheel值班掌舵的人 is simply 'the helm'就直接叫做'the helm'
You will meet 'steersman' most in older stories, sea poems, translations of old texts, and in and dragon-boat contexts, where the steersman sits at the back and controls the direction while the crew . That last use is very live in Taiwan, because of dragon-boat racing at 端午節.
You will meet 'steersman' most你最常會遇到'steersman'這個字 in older stories, sea poems, translations of old texts是在老故事、海洋詩、古文翻譯裡 and而 in rowing and dragon-boat contexts在划船和划龍舟的場合裡 where那裡 the steersman sits at the back舵手坐在船尾 and controls the direction控制方向 while the crew paddles而船員負責划槳. That last use最後這個用法 is very live in Taiwan在台灣非常活躍 because of dragon-boat racing at 端午節因為端午節的龍舟賽
Writers also use it as a picture for a leader: 'the steersman of the nation' means the person guiding a country — a phrase with a grand, sometimes political flavour. The plural is steersmen.
Writers also use it作家也會用它 as a picture for a leader來比喻一個領導者: 'the steersman of the nation''the steersman of the nation' means指的是 the person guiding a country帶領一個國家的人 — a phrase with a grand, sometimes political flavour是個帶點宏大、有時帶政治意味的說法. The plural複數形式 is steersmen是steersmen
core核心畫面
組成steer (掌舵) + -s- (a linking s) + man (人). Literally 'the man of steering'. The little -s- in the middle is the old possessive, the same joint you see in 'craftsman' and 'salesman'.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
steersmannoun/ˈstɪəz.mən/
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nauticaltransportOne who steers a ship or other vessel; the helmsman.
- And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree.
- The Indian canoe races were the most exciting of all the Regatta. Ten paddles dipped as one paddle, ten men bent as one man, while the steersman kept time for them with grunting bows.
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