the captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel (尤指小商船或渔船的)船长 ■the captain of a side in a game or sport (运动队的)队长 ■the captain of an aircraft (飞机的)机长
verb
[with obj.]act as captain of 担任船长(或队长、机长)
语源
late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schipper, from schip 'ship'
skipper2 noun
a person or thing that skips 蹦跳的人 ■used in the names of small insects and crustaceans that skip or hop, e.g. cheese-skipper [用于蹦跳的小昆虫和甲壳类动物名称中,如cheese-skipper]
a small brownish moth-like butterfly with rapid darting flight 弄蝶
Family Hesperiidae: numerous genera 弄蝶科:数属
the Atlantic saury (see saury). (see saury) 大西洋竹鱼 (见saury)。 (见saury)
skipper3 noun
(S. African)a long-sleeved sweatshirt or T-shirt (南非)长袖运动衫(或T恤)