captain
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?k?p.t?n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?k?p.t?n]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['k?ptin]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 隊(duì)長，首領(lǐng)；船長；上尉；海軍上校
- vt. 指揮；率領(lǐng)
詞源解說
- 14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古法語的captaine，意為隊(duì)長，首領(lǐng)，船長。
用法辨析
- captain是可數(shù)名詞,基本意思是指“船長”“機(jī)長”,即輪船或飛機(jī)上的總負(fù)責(zé)人。
- captain的另一個(gè)意思是“上尉”,多指陸軍中軍銜低于少校的官職,在英式英語中也可指空軍的“上?！?。
- captain還可指球隊(duì)的“隊(duì)長”或某組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人,即“首領(lǐng)”。
- captain與表示人名的專有名詞連用時(shí),即成為專有名詞,首字母要大寫。
- captain用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，意思是“擔(dān)任…隊(duì)長”,引申可表示“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)”“率領(lǐng)”。
- captain只用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
n. (名詞)
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- 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剎那間,船長停住了船。 - Who is captaining the side today?
今天這隊(duì)的隊(duì)長是誰?
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- admire a captain 羨慕船長
- appoint a captain 任命船長
- ask the captain 問船長
- dismiss a captain 解雇船長
- hire a captain 雇船長
用作名詞 (n.)
動(dòng)詞+～
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.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 船長
- 船長
- 基層主官
- 上尉
- 隊(duì)長