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- captain [ 'kæptɪn]
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noun
首领，队长
- captains of industry
- 工业界巨头
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2.
noun
任要职的军官
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3.
noun
[American English]
[military]
陆军（或空军、海军陆战队）上尉
- My brother had reached the rank of Captain before he was discharged from the military.
- 我哥哥在复员前，军衔已经是上尉了。
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4.
noun
[military]
美国航海军事，上校
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5.
noun
船长
- The captain remained in the boat until the last fatal moment.
- 这名船长在最后的危急时刻仍然留在船上。
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6.
noun
（体育方面的）队长
- He is the captain of the soccer team.
- 他是这支球队的队长。
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7.
noun
[American English]
警察管区队长；消防队长
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8.
noun
[American English]
政党的区领导人
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9.
vt.
做…的首领，做…的长；领导，指挥
- He captained this company for five years.
- 他掌管这个公司已经五年了。
- He was supposed to captain the football team until his leg was broken in a motorcycle accident.
- 在摩托车事故中摔断腿之前，他被认为是这支球队的领军人物。
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1.
noun
首领，队长
Collins English-English Dictionary
- captain ['kæptɪn]
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n
the person in charge of and responsible for a vessel
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2.
n
[US and Canadian]
bell captain a supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
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3.
n
an officer of the navy who holds a rank junior to a rear admiral but senior to a commander
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4.
n
an officer of the army, certain air forces, and the marine corps who holds a rank junior to a major but senior to a lieutenant
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5.
n
the officer in command of a civil aircraft, usually the senior pilot
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6.
n
the leader of a team in games
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7.
n
a person in command over a group, organization, etc; leader
- a captain of industry
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8.
n
[US]
a police officer in charge of a precinct
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9.
n
[US and Canadian]
(formerly) a head waiter
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10.
n
[Austral]
[informal]
a person who is buying drinks for people in a bar
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to be captain of
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capit
a neus chief, from Latin caput head
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1.
n
the person in charge of and responsible for a vessel
Examples
- a captain who is very gi
- 非常严格遵守军纪的上尉 → GI
- An army colonel and a navy captain are in the same grade.
- 陆军上校和海军上校都属于同一级别。 → grade
- the rank of captain
- 上尉军衔 → rank
- At two bells the captain came on deck.
- 二击钟时舰长来到了甲板上。 → bell
- The captain warned the crew that the boat's anchor wouldn't hold.
- 船长警告船员这艘船的锚固定不住船。 → anchor
- The captain remained in the boat until the last fatal moment.
- 这名船长在最后的危急时刻仍然留在船上。 → captain
- He is the captain of the soccer team.
- 他是这支球队的队长。 → captain
- My brother had reached the rank of Captain before he was discharged from the military.
- 我哥哥在复员前，军衔已经是上尉了。 → captain
- He was supposed to captain the football team until his leg was broken in a motorcycle accident.
- 在摩托车事故中摔断腿之前，他被认为是这支球队的领军人物。 → captain
- When the captain felt sick, the first mate took charge of the ship.
- 船长生病后，大副接管了这艘船。 → charge
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