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crew

noun
 
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    on ships and planes

  1.  
     [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.（轮船、飞机等上面的）全体工作人员
    • crew members全体机组人员
    • in a crew all the men and women in the crew工作组中的全体成员
    • None of the passengers and crew were injured.没有一个乘客和机组人员受伤。🔊🔊
    • The crew of the plane instructed everyone to remain seated.飞机上的机组人员指示所有人保持就座。
    • a change of crew in Frankfurt法兰克福的机组人员变更
    see also aircrew, cabin crew, flight crewTopics Transport by waterb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • experienced
    • inexperienced
    • novice
    • …
    verb + crew
    • join
    • lead
    • assemble
    • …
    crew + noun
    • member
    preposition
    • in a/​the crew
    phrases
    • cast and crew
    • a member of the crew
    See full entry
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     [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people working on a ship, plane etc. except the officers who are in charge（轮船、飞机等上面不包括高级职员的）全体船员，全体乘务员
    • the officers and crew负责人员和全体乘务员
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • experienced
    • inexperienced
    • novice
    • …
    verb + crew
    • join
    • lead
    • assemble
    • …
    crew + noun
    • member
    preposition
    • in a/​the crew
    phrases
    • cast and crew
    • a member of the crew
    See full entry
    3.

    skilled people

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     [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people with special skills working together技术人员团队；专业团队
    • a film/camera/TV crew电影/摄像机/电视摄制组
    • a fire/an emergency/a rescue crew消防/紧急情况/救援人员
    • It took ambulance crews more than an hour to free them.救护人员花了一个多小时才释放他们。
    • (North American English) Ten people answer to the crew chief.十个人回答船长。
    see also ground crew
    Homophones crews | cruisecrews   cruise
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    • crews noun (plural of crew)
      • Fire crews were called to the scene.消防队接警赶到现场。
    • crews verb (third person of crew)
      • He crews for a billionaire on his yacht.他在游艇上乘着亿万富翁。
    • cruise noun
      • We're taking a cruise around the Mediterranean.我们正在地中海巡游。
    • cruise verb
      • I'd love to cruise down the Nile.我很乐意沿着尼罗河航行。
    Extra Examples
    • Fire crews were called to the scene.消防队接警赶到现场。
    • The cast and crew of the movie are giving it their all.这部电影的全体演职人员都尽了全力。
    • Fire crews were called to the house at around 5 o'clock.大约5点钟，消防人员被叫到房屋。
    • Maintenance crews have been working 18-hours shifts to repair the damage.维修人员已轮班工作18小时以修复损坏。
    • The film crew and the actors had all left the studio by then.当时摄制组和演员们都已经离开了工作室。
    • Our support crew followed behind in two Land Rovers.我们的支援人员紧随其后的是两辆陆虎。
    • The house was soon besieged by TV crews and photographers.这所房子很快就被电视工作人员和摄影师所包围。
    • Two crews of six men carried out the work in shifts.有两组六人团队轮班工作。
    • We have camera crews from ABC, CBS and NBC coming.我们有来自ABC，CBS和NBC的摄制组来了。
    • a maintenance/​support crew维修／支援人员
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • experienced
    • inexperienced
    • novice
    • …
    verb + crew
    • join
    • lead
    • assemble
    • …
    crew + noun
    • member
    preposition
    • in a/​the crew
    phrases
    • cast and crew
    • a member of the crew
    See full entry
    4.

    group一组

  4. [singular] (usually disapproving) a group of people一群（或一帮、一伙）人
    • The people she invited were a pretty motley crew (= a strange mix of types of people).她邀请的人相当杂。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Let's get a crew together and go to the pub.让我们一起乘船去酒吧。
    • We found him in the canteen with a crew of assorted computer geeks.我们在食堂里找到了他，还有一群各种各样的计算机极客。
    5.

    rowing and sailing

  5. [countable + singular or plural verb] a team of people who row boats in races（赛艇的）划船队员，划船队
    • a member of the Cambridge crew剑桥大学划船队的队员
  6. [uncountable] (North American English) the sport of rowing with other people in a boat赛艇运动
    • I’m thinking of going out for crew this semester (= joining the rowing team).这学期我打算参加赛艇队。
    Topics Sports: water sportsc1
  7. [countable + singular or plural verb] a person or team of people who sail boats in races or for pleasure (usually not including the captain)
    8. （赛艇的）划船队员，划船队
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre ‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th cent.).

crew

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crew
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he / she / it crews
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past simple crewed
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past participle crewed
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-ing form crewing
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  1. to be part of a crew, especially on a ship当（尤指船上的）工作人员
    • crew (something) Normally the boat is crewed by five people.通常这条船配有五名船员。🔊🔊
    • crew (for somebody) I crewed for him on his yacht last summer.去年夏天我在他的游艇上当船员。🔊🔊
    Homophones crews | cruisecrews   cruise
    🔊/kruːz/
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    • crews noun (plural of crew)
      • Fire crews were called to the scene.消防队接警赶到现场。
    • crews verb (third person of crew)
      • He crews for a billionaire on his yacht.他在游艇上乘着亿万富翁。
    • cruise noun
      • We're taking a cruise around the Mediterranean.我们正在地中海巡游。
    • cruise verb
      • I'd love to cruise down the Nile.我很乐意沿着尼罗河航行。
    Topics Sports: water sportsc1
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre ‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th cent.).