captain
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkæp.tɪn]
- 美式音标 [ˈkæp.tən]
- 国际音标 ['kæptin]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 队长，首领；船长；上尉；海军上校
- vt. 指挥；率领
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的captaine，意为队长，首领，船长。
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- captainship：首领或队长之职；统帅之才；将帅的资格。
用法辨析
- captain是可数名词,基本意思是指“船长”“机长”,即轮船或飞机上的总负责人。
- captain的另一个意思是“上尉”,多指陆军中军衔低于少校的官职,在英式英语中也可指空军的“上校”。
- captain还可指球队的“队长”或某组织的领导人,即“首领”。
- captain与表示人名的专有名词连用时,即成为专有名词,首字母要大写。
- captain用作动词时，意思是“担任…队长”,引申可表示“领导”“率领”。
- captain只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The captain was able to bring the ship up just before it hit the little boat.
就在撞上小船前的一刹那间,船长停住了船。 - Who is captaining the side today?
今天这队的队长是谁?
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- admire a captain 羡慕船长
- appoint a captain 任命船长
- ask the captain 问船长
- dismiss a captain 解雇船长
- hire a captain 雇船长
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
英英字典
- the leader of a sports team
- to lead and be the captain of a team, military group, ship, or aircraft
- In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
- The captain of a sports team is the player in charge of it.
- The captain of a ship is the sailor in charge of it.
- The captain of an aeroplane is the pilot in charge of it.
- In the United States and some other countries, a captain is a police officer or firefighter of fairly senior rank.
- If you captain a team or a ship, you are the captain of it.
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专业释义
- 船长
- 船长
- 基层主官
- 上尉
- 队长