captain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæp.tɪn/|/ˈkæp.tən/    美 /ˈkæp.tən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chief or leader.
    — For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.
  2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
    — Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.
  3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
    — "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]."
  4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
  5. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
  6. A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
  7. One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
    — Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
  8. The leader of a group of workers.
    — John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
  9. The head boy of a school.
  10. A maître d', a headwaiter.
    — 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California", So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
  11. An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel. Southern-US
动词 v.
  1. To act as captain intransitive
  2. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. transitive

词形变化

captains plural captains present,singular,third-person captaining participle,present captained participle,past captained past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
cap capital capitalism capitulate capitulation chapiter chapter chief chieftain

词源

词源 1
From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
词源 2
From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
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