the skipper of + [ship/team]
of 后接所指挥的船只、球队等,泛指船长或队长时常用这一结构。
He became the skipper of a merchant ship at twenty-eight.
他二十八岁时成了一艘商船的船长。
船长；舰长
skippers — plural of skipper
队长；领导人；逃课者；旷课的学生；跳绳的人；弄蝶；秋刀鱼；会跃出水面的海鱼
The captain or master of a ship.
船长
The master of a ship.
逃课的人
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
用于过夜的谷仓或棚屋
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
逃课的学生
a student who fails to attend classes
教练、导演或其他领导者
A coach, director, or other leader.
跳绳的人
One who jumps rope.
商船船长
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
体育队的队长,如足球、板球、橄榄球或冰壶
The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
各种蝴蝶,属于弄蝶科及其亚科,具有毛茸茸的蛾状身体、钩状触角和飞行迅速的模式
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
军舰舰长
the naval officer in command of a military ship
几种常跃出水面的海鱼,尤其是竹荚鱼和欧洲鲱鱼
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
奶酪蛆虫,属于奶酪蝇科的幼虫,会跳跃以逃避捕食者
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
The skipper checked the engine before departure.
船长在出发前检查了发动机。
用法提示：此处 skipper 是名词，作主语，指‘船长’。
The passengers thanked the skipper for a safe trip.
乘客们因旅途安全而感谢船长。
用法提示：skipper 作 thanked 的宾语，指‘船长’。
The crew always listens to the skipper during a storm.
暴风雨中，船员们总是听从船长的话。
用法提示：skipper 作介词 to 的宾语，意为‘船长’。
of 后接所指挥的船只、球队等,泛指船长或队长时常用这一结构。
He became the skipper of a merchant ship at twenty-eight.
他二十八岁时成了一艘商船的船长。
用 our、their 等物主代词指自己或某一方的船长、队长,多带团队内部的口吻。
Our skipper called the players together before the match.
我们的队长在比赛前把队员们召集到一起。
表示被任命或选为队长、船长时,常用 name、appoint、elect 等动词后接 skipper。
She was named skipper of the team last season.
上个赛季她被任命为球队队长。
较正式、通用，也用于军队和航空等语境；与skipper在日常口语中常可互换。
较正式、多用于海事、法律或官方语境，特指商船或货船的船长；skipper则更口语化，常用于小型船舶或船员间称呼。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were many skipper at the party last night.
正确表达There were many skippers at the party last night.
skipper 是可数名词，指具体的一个人（船长、队长、逃课者等），前面有 many 等表示多数的词时必须用复数形式 skippers。汉语名词不随数量变化，学习者容易漏掉复数词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He skippered class yesterday because he was too tired.
正确表达He skipped class yesterday because he was too tired.
表示“逃课”的动词是 skip，不加 -er；skipper 是名词，指“逃课的人”，也指船长或队长。汉语的“逃课”本身是动词，学习者常把名词 skipper 直接当动词用，此处应改为 skip。
grammar · medium
易错句子The skipper told us the flight would be delayed.
正确表达The captain told us the flight would be delayed.
skipper 只指商船或军舰的船长，也可指球队队长；飞机的机长在英语中用 captain（或 pilot），不能用 skipper。这里说的是航班，因此应改为 captain。
skipper 更口语，常指小船船长或运动队队长；captain 是标准、通用说法，还可指军警衔级，正式场合优先用 captain。
指“船长”时，master 是正式或法律用语，常见于海事文件；skipper 是口语称呼。普通叙述中 captain 更常用，master 不宜随意替代。
shipper 指发货或托运的人或公司，与“船长/队长”无关；它和 skipper 只差开头 sh-/sk-，读音、拼写相近，注意区分。
游艇船长
She spent ten years as a yacht skipper before opening her own charter company.
她在开办自己的包租公司之前当了十年的游艇船长。
球队队长
The team skipper refused to comment on the transfer rumours.
球队队长拒绝对转会传闻发表评论。
经验丰富的船长
An experienced skipper can handle sudden changes in the weather.
经验丰富的船长能够应对天气的突然变化。
这艘船的船长
The skipper of the ship radioed for help when the engine failed.
发动机失灵时，这艘船的船长通过无线电求助。
临时队长
The stand-in skipper led his side to a 3–0 victory.
临时队长带领球队以3比0获胜。
前缀：无；词根：skip（跳过）；后缀：-er（施动者），拼写时 p 双写。用于“逃课的人、跳绳的人”等义；表示“船长/队长”等义时词源不同，与 skip 无关。相关词：skip, skips, skipped, skipping；同后缀词：teacher, runner, driver。
船长所指挥的船。
由船长管理和领导的船上人员。
与船长操控船舶的职责直接相关。
船长负责引导船舶完成整个航程。
船长在船上进行指挥和工作的主要场所。
只要微笑挥手，伙计们，微笑挥手。
Skipper says this to calm his penguin team in the movie Madagascar.
在电影《马达加斯加》中，企鹅首领Skipper对同伴说这句话以让他们冷静下来。
大副是个强壮的航海者，船长勇敢而坚定。
This lyric from the theme song of the TV show Gilligan's Island describes the ship's skipper.
这句歌词出自电视剧《吉利根岛》的主题曲，描述了船上的船长。
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