sailor
noun [ C ] uk/ˈseɪ.lər/ us/ˈseɪ.lɚ/
B1 水手，船员
a person who works on a ship, especially one who is not an officer
B1 帆船运动员
a person who often takes part in the sport of using boats with sails
a good/bad sailor 不晕船／晕船者
someone who is not/often ill when travelling by boat
I wasn't a good sailor at the best of times and the sea was very choppy that day.
Sorry, but I'm not the best sailor. I would rather take a train up the coast, if possible.
Don't worry about me - I'm a good sailor.
I'd never go by boat - I'm a bad sailor.
He wants to join the navy? As bad a sailor as he is?
My brother, who's a bad sailor, was vomiting over the side of the boat.
- More examples
- a shipwrecked sailor
- He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.
- A sailor threw a rope ashore and we tied the boat to a post.
- They bombed two navy gunboats, killing 12 sailors.
- The race attracts top-class sailors from around the world.