captain /ˈkæptɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( captaining, captained, captains )

• 1. 

  N-TITLE/N-COUNT/N-VOC In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank. (陆军、海军及其他军种的) 上尉

  例：

  ...Captain Mark Phillips.

  …马克·菲利普斯上尉。

  例：

  ...a captain in the army.

  …一名陆军上尉。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The captain of a sports team is the player in charge of it. (体育运动队) 队长

  例：

  ...Mickey Thomas, the captain of the tennis team.

  …米奇·托马斯，这支网球队的队长。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The captain of a ship is the sailor in charge of it. 船长

  例：

  ...the captain of an excursion boat.

  …一艘游船的船长。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT/N-TITLE The captain of an aeroplane is the pilot in charge of it. 机长

• 5. 

  N-COUNT/N-TITLE In the United States and some other countries, a captain is a police officer or firefighter of fairly senior rank. 警察局副巡官; 消防中队长

  例：

  ...a former Honolulu police captain.

  …火奴鲁鲁警察局前任巡官。

• 6. 

  V-T If you captain a team or a ship, you are the captain of it. 率队; 指挥

  例：

  He captained the winning team in 1991.

  他于1991年率队夺得胜利。