艄公的英文：
boatman

The sea was so rough that both she and the skipper were terrified she might give birth before they reached the mainland
那天风浪很大，她和艄公都担心她会生在途中。

The boatman was willing to risk ferrying them across.
船夫愿冒险渡他们过江。

The boatman nodded towards the north of the bay with some disdain
船老大略带轻蔑神情朝海湾北部点了点头。

Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank. In it there was a boatman fast asleep.
突然，妻子发现岸边停着一条小船，船上有一船夫在呼呼大睡。

he's an expert boatman, and can be found sailing with his family almost every weekend.
他是个老练的船夫，几乎每个周末都和家人出海。

The boat stranded on the rock and the boatman had to sustain himself with live fish before rescue came.
船在岩石上搁浅，船夫在遇救前只好靠活鱼维持生命 。