| 英语单词 | navigator |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['nævɪɡeɪtə(r)] 美 ['nævɪɡeɪtər] |
| 中文释义 | n.航海家;领航员;导航仪 |
| 英语例句 | (1) They were a group of early navigators. (2) The man is a sixteenth Spanish navigator. (3) The navigator charted out the course. (4) The navigator took a fix on the sun and steered the ship due north. (5) Their new electronic navigator mislead them down the wrong road. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他们是一群早期的航海家。 (2) 那个人是十六世纪的航海家。 (3) 领航员在海图上标出航向。 (4) 领航员对着太阳测方位后将船朝正北驶去。 (5) 他们新的电子导航器将他们带错路了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A navigator is the person whose job it is to steer the ship. The navigator plans and charts the course and then points the boat in the right direction. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Use the noun navigator when you talk about someone who's in charge of planning a ship's route. Airplanes have navigators too, to direct the course they will take using maps and various instruments. A more old fashioned meaning of navigator is an ocean explorer. In fact, in Latin, navigator simply means "sailor," from navis, "ship," and agere, "drive." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](飞机或船只的)领航员,导航员 The navigator on an aircraft or ship is the person whose job is to work out the direction in which the aircraft or ship should be travelling.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](旧时的)航海家 In the past, a navigator was an explorer who travelled by sea. |
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