marine engineer
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- noun
- /mɚˈin ˌɛnˈdʒɪnɪr/
- Specialized
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ingeniero naval
- Raunek Kantharia is a marine engineer turned maritime writer and professional blogger.
John Cadman, who is a marine engineer out in Bellingham, WA who's a supporter of that.
- John Cadman, who is a marine engineer out in Bellingham, WA who's a supporter of that.
Examples
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I was a marine engineer!
Blog text (15) -
His father had been a marine engineer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Roy Goodwin, a marine engineer, and his family were in the 1914 directory living at 40 Lloyd Street.
Blog text (16) -
John Cadman, who is a marine engineer out in Bellingham, WA who's a supporter of that.
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One of the most basic tasks that marine engineers face is eliminating undesirable vibration that can cause vital equipment to malfunction, he said.
Academic text (2009) -
Everything known to have been written about the sea was available not only to NUMA but also to ocean science students, professional oceanographers, marine engineers, and underwater archaeologists worldwide.
Fiction book (1999) -
The gregarious and soft-spoken marine engineer had thousands of hours piloting helicopters, small jets, and turbo-prop aircraft and easily switched to the cockpit of a race boat.
Fiction book (2001) -
As a seasoned marine engineer, he expertly diagnosed the engine problems aboard the naval ship.
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During the training program, every marine engineer learns how to operate various mechanical systems on a vessel.
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She graduated as a marine engineer and quickly found a job maintaining the engines of large cargo ships.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who designs, builds and fixes machines or structures
A navy officer who runs and fixes a ship's engines
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a professional responsible for the operation and maintenance of a ship's engines and mechanical systems' is directly and transparently derived from 'marine' (relating to ships) + 'engineer' (skilled person who designs and maintains systems); the construction is literal and compositional. This noun–noun combination follows common cross-linguistic patterns and uses familiar constituents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Marine engineer comes from the two words marine, meaning 'of the sea', and engineer, a person who 'works on engines' and machines. The phrase gives the clear picture of someone who works on a ship's engines at sea, so it means 'a person who runs and repairs a ship's engines'.