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skipper

noun
🔊/ˈskɪpə(r)/
🔊/ˈskɪpər/
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  1. the captain of a small ship or fishing boat（小船或渔船的）船长Topics Transport by waterc2
  2. (informal, especially British English) the captain of a sports team（运动队的）队长
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schipper, from schip ‘ship’.

skipper

verb
🔊/ˈskɪpə(r)/
🔊/ˈskɪpər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they skipper
🔊/ˈskɪpə(r)/
🔊/ˈskɪpər/
he / she / it skippers
🔊/ˈskɪpəz/
🔊/ˈskɪpərz/
past simple skippered
🔊/ˈskɪpəd/
🔊/ˈskɪpərd/
past participle skippered
🔊/ˈskɪpəd/
🔊/ˈskɪpərd/
-ing form skippering
🔊/ˈskɪpərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskɪpərɪŋ/
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  1. skipper something to be the captain of a boat, sports team, etc.当船长（或运动队队长等）
    • to skipper a yacht当帆船船长
    • (especially British English) He skippered the team to victory.他率领队伍取得了胜利。🔊🔊
    • an all-woman crew, skippered by Tracy Edwards特蕾西·爱德华兹（Tracy Edwards）
    • The 50-foot yacht will be skippered by Karen Brown.凯伦·布朗（Karen Brown）将把这艘50英尺长的游艇作为船长。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionarySkipper is used with these nouns as the object:
    • boat
    • side
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schipper, from schip ‘ship’.