| 释义 |
skip·per
I. \ˈskipə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English skippere erratically active insect, one that skips, from skippen to skip + -er, -ere -er
1. : any of various erratically active insects: as
a. : cheese skipper
b. : click beetle
c. South : a maggot infesting meat
d. : water strider
2.
a. : one that skips
< the best readers are those that know how to skip, and I'm a good skipper — Meredith Nicholson >
b. : a young thoughtless person : skipjack
3.
a. : the Atlantic saury (Scombresox saurus) or a related fish that jumps freely above the water
b. : long tom 2b
4. : any of numerous small stout-bodied lepidopterous insects of the superfamily Hesperioidea that differ from the typical butterflies in wing venation and the form of the antennae, are usually somber in color, and have comparatively small wings, thickened antennae usually hooked at the tip, a short swift flight, and larvae that usually make a rudimentary cocoon
5. : skip straight
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English skypper, from Middle Dutch schipper boatman, skipper, from schip ship + -er; akin to Old English scip ship — more at ship
1.
a. : the master of a ship; especially : the master of a fishing, small trading, or pleasure boat
b. : the commander of a military or naval installation or unit
c. : the captain or first pilot of an airplane
2.
a. : the captain of an athletic team
b. : the manager or coach of an athletic team (as a baseball team)
3. : the conductor of a train
4. : the adult leader of a sea explorer ship in the Boy Scouts of America
5. : a dull blue
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to act as skipper or master of (a boat)
2. : to act as coach or captain of (a team)
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: skip (III) + -er
: a skipman in a metal mine |