stoker
英 [ˈstəʊkə(r)]
美 [ˈstoʊkər]
n. (尤指轮船或蒸汽机车上的)司炉
复数:stokers
BNC.27602 / COCA.29172
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指轮船或蒸汽机车上的)司炉
a person whose job is to add coal or other fuel to a fire, etc., especially on a ship or a steam train
柯林斯词典
- (尤指旧时船上或蒸汽火车上的)添煤工,司炉
In former times astokerwas a person whose job was to stoke fires, especially on a ship or a steam train.
英英释义
noun
- a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
- a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)