| 释义 |
cap'n, n. colloq. (chiefly U.S.).|ˈkæp(ə)n|
[Contraction of captain n.]
= captain n., esp. as a title or term of address.
[1679Rec. Colony of Rhode Island (1858) III. 30 Voted,..that Capt'n Samuel Gorton and Mr. Caleb Carr shall open the proxies.] 1829Yankee Apr. 120/3 Cap'n Jessamine had got kicked out o' bed by his wife. 1866‘F. Kirkland’ Pictorial Bk. Anecdotes v. 408/2, I pulled my hat over my eyes and jogged along on the Cap'ns horse. 1904J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri xviii. 329 Cap'n Jonadab Wixon used to swear that his grandfather told him 'bout a gale that blew the hair all off a dog. 1936H. Preece in Crisis Dec. 374/1 The traditional ‘Cap'n’, will become the capitalist. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 26 Aug. 10/3 Whenever travelers enter Baltimore from abroad by ship or air, they are given the onceover by Cap'n Jenks. 1972G. S. Holt in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 157 The ex-private was elevated to ‘cap'n’. |