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A fireman is a man whose job is to put out and to help when there is an accident. He rides the red truck, wears heavy clothes, and goes into smoke when other people are running out.
A firemanFireman is a man whose job is to put out fires and to help when there is an accident指的是一個工作是滅火、並在發生意外時幫忙的男人。 He rides the red truck他開著紅色的消防車 wears heavy clothes穿著厚重的裝備 and goes into smoke when other people are running out在別人逃出來的時候,反而衝進濃煙裡
This is the old everyday word, and children still say it. Though actually many women do the same job now, so the word most teachers and news people prefer is — it covers everyone.
This is the old everyday word這是一個比較舊的日常用字 and children still say it小朋友現在還是會這樣說。 Though actually不過事實上 many women do the same job now現在很多女性也做這份工作 so the word most teachers and news people prefer is firefighter所以大多數老師和新聞工作者比較喜歡用firefighter這個字 — it covers everyone它涵蓋了所有人
You will still hear fireman in songs, in older books, and in talk, and nobody will be confused. A long time ago fireman could also mean the man who fed coal into a steam engine, but almost always meet the rescue meaning first.
You will still hear fireman你還是會聽到fireman in songs, in older books, and in talk在歌曲、比較舊的書,還有平常的對話裡 and nobody will be confused不會有人聽不懂。 A long time ago fireman could also mean the man who fed coal into a steam engine很久以前,fireman也可能指負責把煤鏟進蒸汽火車鍋爐的人 but learners almost always meet the rescue meaning first但學習者幾乎都是先學到「救援」這個意思
組成fire + man. Man here is the old ending for 'a person who does this job', the same piece you hear in policeman.
同家族的字
- firethe first half: the burning they must stop
- policemanshares the old job ending -man
- firefightershares fire; the same job, said in a way that includes women too
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
Firemanname
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A surname.
firemannoun/ˈfaɪɹmən/
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firefightinggovernmentSomeone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
- By February 1944 there were over two thousand women employed at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company [...]. There were also female firemen on almost every shipyard crane [...].
- For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
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nauticalrail-transportrailwaysA person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
- He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
- No grass grew under a train when the engineer let Fireman McLash take the throttle.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportAn assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
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ball-gamesbaseballgamesA relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
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historicalbusinessminingA safety inspector in coal mines.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。