stoker
/ˈstəʊkə(r)/noun
1- a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train(汽船、蒸汽火车的)生火工, 锅炉工, 司炉。
1.1
- a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a firebox or furnace, especially on a steam locomotive(尤指蒸汽机车上的)加煤机。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch, from stoken 'stoke (a furnace)', from Middle Dutch stoken 'push, poke'; related to STICK1 .