skipper
skipper 英 [ˈskɪpə(r)] 美 [ˈskɪpɚ]
n. 队长；船长；机长 vt. 带领；作…的船长（或机长）
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- The person in charge of a ship or boat is the skipper. Another word for the skipper is the "captain," but skipper is so much more fun to say.
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- n. 队长；船长；机长
- vt. 带领；作…的船长（或机长）
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1. Dave will serve as skipper, being the most experienced sailor.
大卫的航海经验最丰富，所以将充当船长。
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2. Serbia, Ghana and Australia are their opponents in Group D, a difficult set of matches in the eyes of the Hertha skipper.
塞尔维亚、加纳和澳大利亚是德国队同在D组的竞争对手，在赫塔老队长眼中将有一连串艰难的比赛。
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3. A few years ago, in Spain making a radio documentary on fisheries, a skipper told me that he no longer received any subsidies.
几年之前，在一份由西班牙制作的有关渔业的广播记录片中，一位船队队长告诉我他从没收到任何补贴。
- 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.
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