captain

/ˈkæp.tɪn/

意味: キャプテン

例文: Kai crowned himself Captain Blanket of Sleep Navy.
    カイは自らを「毛布艦隊の眠りのキャプテン」と名乗った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: team captain(チームキャプテン), ship captain(船長), captain of industry(産業界のリーダー)

定義: チームや船などのリーダーや指揮者を指します。スポーツチームでは、他のメンバーをまとめる役割を持ちます。船では、航海の責任者として船を指揮します。

captainは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Noun: the naval officer in command of a military ship
Noun: a policeman in charge of a precinct
Noun: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Noun: the leader of a group of people
Noun: the pilot in charge of an airship
Noun: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Verb: be the captain of a sports team

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: a captain of industry

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): captain, chieftain, headwaiter, maitre d’, maitre d’hotel, master, police captain, police chief, sea captain, senior pilot, skipper

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): commissioned military officer, commissioned naval officer, dining-room attendant, head, leader, officer, pilot, policeman

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aristocrat, barnstormer, bellwether, bobby, boss, bull, busboy, caller, captain, chair, cheerleader, choragus, civic leader, colonel, combat pilot, commander, commodore, constable, copilot, demigod, detective, duce, employer, ensign, father, field-grade officer, flag officer, fugleman, galvanizer, gendarme, general officer, guide, guru, head, headman, hero, imam, inspector, instigator, kamikaze, labor leader, lawgiver, lieutenant, lieutenant commander, lieutenant junior grade, major, malik, marshal, master, mate, military leader, misleader, model, motorcycle cop, mountie, nationalist leader, pied piper, point man, point woman, police matron, politician, presiding officer, privateer, puppet ruler, purser, religious leader, sailing master, scoutmaster, shoofly, spearhead, spiritual leader, steward, strike leader, subaltern, supercargo, superior, take hold, test pilot, torchbearer, traffic cop, trainer, trooper, waiter, wingman

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): chief constable, flag captain, group captain

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: captain, captainship, chieftainship, mastership, skipper

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

TOEIC500

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive

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