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boatswain的词源解释,boatswain来源

boatswain(n.)

15世纪中期, bot-swein,“船上的次要官员”,源自晚期古英语 batswegen,来自 bat “船”(见 boat(n.))+古诺尔斯语 sveinn “男孩”(见 swain)。

BOATSWAIN. The warrant officer who in the old Navy was responsible for all the gear that set the ship in motion and all the tackle that kept her at rest. [Sir Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
船长。在旧海军中负责所有使船运动的装备和保持其静止的绳索的授权军官。[杰弗里·卡伦德爵士,《海上通道》,1943]

他还用银哨召唤船员履行职责。拼音 bo'sun/bosun 可追溯至1840年。福勒[1926]写道,“航海发音(bō'sn)已经变得如此普遍,以至于避免使用它比使用它更做作。”

该词起源时间:15世纪中期