boatsw ainとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late 古期英語 bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat +‎ swain (“boy, servant”).

発音

• IPA: (英国発音) /ˈbəʊ.sən/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈboʊ.sən/
• 韻: (英国発音) -əʊsən, (米国発音, Canada) -oʊsən

名詞

boatswain (plural boatswains)

1. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.
   1. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
   2. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
2. A kind of gull, the jaeger.
3. The tropicbird.

引用

• 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1:

  Alon. Good Boteſwaine haue care : where's the Maſter ? […]

派生語

• boatswain-bird
• boatswain's call
• boatswain's chair
• boatswain's mate
• boatswain's pipe

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