crew: [15] The idea originally underlying crew is ‘augmentation’. It comes from Old French creue, which was derived from the verb creistre ‘grow, increase, augment’, a descendant of Latin crēscere ‘grow’. At first in English it denoted a squad of military reinforcements. Soon its meaning had spread to any band of soldiers, and by the end of the 16th century the word was being used for any group of people gathered together with or without a particular purpose. The most familiar modern application, to the people manning a ship, emerged in the latter part of the 17th century. => crescent, croissant, increase
crew (n.)
mid-15c., "group of soldiers," from Middle French crue (Old French creue) "an increase, recruit, military reinforcement," from fem. past participle of creistre "grow," from Latin crescere "arise, grow" (see crescent). Meaning "people acting or working together" is first attested 1560s. "Gang of men on a warship" is from 1690s. Crew-cut first attested 1938, so called because the style originally was adopted by boat crews at Harvard and Yale.
中文解释
1、from Middle French crue (Old French creue) "an increase, recruit, military reinforcement," from Latin crescere.2、含义：people acting or working together.
实用例句
1. The ship's crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized.
这艘船上的船员现在都已精疲力竭，彻底丧失了信心。
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2. The crew of the ship gave them nothing but bread to eat.
船上的工作人员除了面包什么也不给他们吃。
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3. That night she, Nicholson and the crew had a celebratory dinner.
那天晚上，她、尼科尔森和全体工作人员吃了一顿庆功宴。
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4. The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
船员在救生筏上呆了两天两夜。
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5. The crew did not send out any distress signals.