skipper

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈskɪp.ə/|[ˈskɪp.ə]    /ˈskɪp.ə/|[ˈskɪp.ə]|/ˈskɪp.ɚ/|[ˈskɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈskɪp.ɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The master of a ship.
    — The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
  2. Agent noun of skip: one who skips. agent,form-of
  3. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
  4. A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt. South-Africa
    — Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.
  5. A coach, director, or other leader.
  6. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  7. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
    — But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
  8. One who jumps rope.
  9. 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.
    — Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]
  10. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
  11. A young, thoughtless person. obsolete
    — Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth
  12. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
动词 v.
  1. To captain a ship or a sports team. transitive
    — Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license
  2. To take shelter in a barn or shed. intransitive

词形变化

skippers plural skippers present,singular,third-person skippering participle,present skippered participle,past skippered past skippers plural skippers plural skippers present,singular,third-person skippering participle,present skippered participle,past skippered past skippers plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
词源 2
From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.
词源 3
Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
词源 4
Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.
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