stevedore

英 ['stiːvədɔː] 美 ['stivə'dɔr]

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stevedore 码头工人

来自西班牙语 estivador,码头工人，来自 estivar,装卸货，捆绑货物，来自拉丁语 stipare,打包，压实，词源同 stiff.

stevedore: stevedore: [18] A stevedore ‘docker’ is etymologically a ‘packer’ of cargo. The word was originally borrowed into American English from Spanish estivador, a derivative of estivar ‘stow cargo’. This was descended from Latin stīpāre ‘press, pack’ (source also of English constipation).
=> constipation, stiff
stevedore (n.): 1828, earlier stowadore (1788), from Spanish estibador "one who loads cargo, wool-packer," agent noun from estibar "to stow cargo," from Latin stipare "pack down, press" (see stiff (adj.)).

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1. Stentorian snores came from the shadows - Chen Yueh - ngo's elder brother, a stevedore.: 昏暗中有鼾声如雷,那是陈月娥的当码头工人的哥哥.

2. Shipment cannot execute within period owing stevedore shortage.: 因装卸工人不足,无法在限定时间内装船.

4. The'stevedore Stevedore Department has sent five gangs to unload the titanium dioxide.: 调度室派来了五个工班来卸二氧化钛.