单词 before the mast 释义 BETA

Examples ofbefore the mast

Dictionary> Examples ofbefore the mastbefore the mastisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionThey have, therefore, no unemployment benefit and are positively worse off in times of unemployment than the man who ordinarily worksbeforethemast.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0This particular man has 27 years' servicebeforethemast.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0She said that she had served for many yearsbeforethemast.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These are the sort of people we should encourage to go to sea, so that every decent ladbeforethemast, assuming he behaves himself and proves his competency.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The term,beforethemastrefers to sailors' quarters, which were located in the forecastle (the ship's bow), officers' quarters being near the stern.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Related to the latter meaning is the phrasebeforethemastwhich denotes anything related to ordinary sailors, as opposed to a ship's officers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of thosebeforethemastwere likely in his charge.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of thebeforethemastcrewmen may also have been in this section.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.

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