skipper

英 ['skɪpə]美 ['skɪpɚ]
  • n. 队长；船长；机长
  • vt. 带领；作…的船长（或机长）
  • n. (Skipper)人名；(英)斯基珀
中低频词 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. ship => skipper.

中文词源

skipper 小船或渔船船长，队长

来自荷兰语 scipper,船长，来自 scip,船，词源同 ship.引申词义队长。

英文词源

skipper
skipper: see ship
skipper (n.1)
"captain or master of a ship," late 14c., from Middle Dutch scipper, from scip (see ship (n.)). Compare English shipper, used from late 15c. to 17c. in sense "skipper." Transferred sense of "captain of a sporting team" is from 1830.
skipper (n.2)
"one who skips," mid-15c., agent noun from skip (v.). As a type of butterfly, 1817, from its manner of flight.

双语例句

1. He was not a fit companion for their skipper that particular morning.
那天早晨，他没能和队长配合好。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The England skipper is haunted by a run of low scores.
英格兰队的队长得了一连串的低分。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Gunfire, skipper!
开火，船长！
来自柯林斯例句
4. The England skipper is confident.
英格兰队的队长信心十足。
来自柯林斯例句
5. to skipper a yacht
当帆船船长
来自《权威词典》