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sailor

sailor 海員,水手

pl: sailors
syn: sailor: seaman, bluejacket

e.g.

他是名勇敢的水手, 从不惧惊涛。 他是名勇敢的水手, 從不懼怕驚濤。 He is a brave sailor and is never afraid of big waves.
每个水手都有自己的打方式。 每個水手都有自己的打結方式。 Every sailor has his own way of tying a knot.
fair-weather sailor 胆小或无经验的水手,没经过风浪的水手 膽小或無經驗的水手,沒經過風浪的水手

What shall we do with the drunken sailor (a famous English traditional sea shanty)

歌词 / lyrics (there are many different versions of the verses!):

Intro
What shall we do with a drunken sailor, (3×)
Early in the morning?

Chorus
Hoo–ray/Wey–hey/Heave-ho and up she rises, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Verses
Stick him in a bab and beat him senseless, (3x)
Early in the morning.

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Put him in bed with the captain ’s daughter, (3×)[1]
Early in the morning.

Pull out the plug and wet him all over, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Give ‘im the hair of the dog that bit him (3x)

Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, (3×)
Early in the morning.
Drunken Sailor

Take ‘im and shake ‘im and try an’ wake ‘im. (3 times)

Earl-eye in the morning!

Give ‘im a dose of salt and water. (3 times)

Earl-eye in the morning!

Give ‘im a taste of the bosun’s rope-end. (3 times)

Earl-eye in the morning!

Stick on ‘is back a mustard plaster. (3 times)

Earl-eye in the morning!

Soak ‘im in oil till he sprouts a flipper. (3 times)

Earl-eye in the morning!

Heave him by the leg in a running bowline, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Keelhaul him, keelhaul him (3×)
Early in the morning.

Shave his belly with a rusty razor, (3×)
Early in the morning.

Outro

That’s what we’ll do with a drunken sailor, (3×)
Early in the morning.(Amen)

(source: wikipedia)