captain

noun

/ˈkæptɪn/

the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft船长；机长
- Captain Cook库克船长
- The captain gave the order to abandon ship.船长下令弃船。
- The captain of the ship invited them to dine at his table.船长邀请他们在他的餐桌上吃饭。
- The captain of the plane was already announcing our arrival.机长已经在宣布我们的到达。
- Her husband had been a ship's captain.她的丈夫曾是一名船长。
- Captain Jones and his co-pilot琼斯上尉和他的副驾驶
see also sea captainTopics Transport by waterb1, Transport by airb1
an officer of fairly high rank in the navy, the army and the US air force（海军）上校；（陆军或美国空军的）上尉
- Captain Lance Price兰斯 · 普赖斯上尉
- She has since been promoted to the rank of captain.此后，她被提升为上尉。
- Her father had been a captain in the army.她的父亲曾是一名陆军上尉。
see also group captain
Wordfinder
- admiral
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Topics War and conflictb1
the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team首领；领导者；（尤指运动队的）队长
- She's a former captain of the English national team.她是英国国家队的前队长。
- He has just been made team captain.他刚刚被任命为队长。
- The appointment of the former England captain as their new manager is bound to boost morale.任命这位前英格兰队长为他们的新经理一定会鼓舞士气。
Topics People in societyb1, Sports: ball and racket sportsb1
an officer of high rank in a US police or fire department（美国警察局的）副巡长；（美国消防署的）中队长

词源late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.

captain

verb

/ˈkæptɪn/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they captain	/ˈkæptɪn/ /ˈkæptɪn/
he / she / it captains	/ˈkæptɪnz/ /ˈkæptɪnz/
past simple captained	/ˈkæptɪnd/ /ˈkæptɪnd/
past participle captained	/ˈkæptɪnd/ /ˈkæptɪnd/
-ing form captaining	/ˈkæptɪnɪŋ/ /ˈkæptɪnɪŋ/

captain something to be a captain of a sports team or a ship担任…的队长（或船长）
- Ellis is expected to captain the side in next week's friendly against Argentina.埃利斯预计将在下周与阿根廷的友谊赛中担任队长。
- He played in the West Indies team captained by Clive Lloyd.他效力于西印度群岛队，该队队长为克莱夫•劳埃德。
- He told us about the ship he had captained during the war.他向我们讲述了战争期间他任船长的那艘轮船的故事。
- He will captain England on their tour to Australia.他将在英格兰队去澳大利亚的旅行中担任队长。
Topics People in societyb2
Collocations Dictionary
Captain is used with these nouns as the object:
boat
side
词源late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.