mariner meaning in English
n.
水手，船员。 a master mariner(商船或渔船的)船长。 mariner's card 海图。 mariner's needle [compass] 罗盘针；航海罗盘。
Examples
- The ancient mariners traversed the sea .
古代的海员漂洋过海。 - Mariners were also able to fix their latitude, by using an instrument called an astrolabe .
海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。 - There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men .
长久以来，海员们有一种迷信，那就是海豚会搭救快要淹死的人。 - Sea water is not generally available to us for our direct use, which reminds us of the problem of the ancient mariner .
海水我们一般不能直接使用，这使我们想起古代航海家的故事。 - Neither choice obviously thrilled the mariner
第三种选择使水手明显地激动起来。