Word · Frequency #1680
captained
担任…的队长/船长/机长；指挥
captained is the past of captain.
核心释义
to act as captain of a team, ship, or aircraft
- 1.
担任船长。
To act as captain
- 2.
指挥船只、飞机或运动队。
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
担任船长。；指挥船只、飞机或运动队。；率领；指挥
用法In use
She will captain the team in the championship match.
用法提示：动词原形，表示担任队长或指挥
He captained the ship through the storm safely.
用法提示：过去式，表示过去指挥
The experienced officer is captaining the rescue operation.
用法提示：现在分词，表示正在进行的指挥
captain sth
captain 作及物动词，后直接接宾语，表示担任…的船长、队长或机长。
He captains a small fishing boat.
他担任一艘小渔船的船长。
be captained by sb
被动语态常见，用于强调某人被指定为船长、机长或队长。
The team was captained by a former national player.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- captain the ship
- 指挥船只；担任船长
- He captained the ship across the Atlantic.他指挥船只横渡大西洋。
- captain the plane
- 指挥飞机；担任机长
- She captained the plane on a long flight.她在一趟长途飞行中担任机长。
- captain the team
- 率领球队；担任队长
- He captained the team to victory.他率领球队取得了胜利。
流行文化与引用Pop culture & quotes
- I'm the captain now.
- 我现在是船长了。Meme from the film Captain Phillips (2013), used to suggest someone has suddenly taken control.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象船长戴着cap（帽子）站在船头指挥，动词captain就是‘担任…的船长/队长，指挥’。记住cap，就记住captain。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports、shipping、aviation 动词 captain 通常用于中性或较正式的语境，多出现在体育、航海和航空等场景，表示担任队长、船长或机长的职责。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
captain 的 -tain 读作 /tən/，不是 /teɪn/。certain、curtain、mountain、fountain、Britain 都有相同的 -tain 拼写和弱读音尾 /tən/，但重音元音不同，所以不押韵。button 也有 /tən/ 音尾，但拼写是 -ton。没有常见单词与 captain 完全押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.