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captaincy

/kap-tuhn-see/US // ˈkæp tən si //

船长,舰长,队长,冠军

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cap·tain·cies for 2.

    • : the office or rank of a captain.
    • : a district or area administered by a captain.
    • : the ability of a captain; captainship.

Examples

  • He went 0-2 as a starter, which jeopardized Washington’s first-place standing in the NFC East, and in between he was fined $40,000 and stripped of his captaincy for partying without a mask following a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

  • Rivera fined Haskins $40,000 and revoked his captaincy but did not release him.

  • The operational captaincy check involved ground and air based practical tests, spread over a two day period.

  • Meantime the discontents in the northern provinces had broken out into open insurrection, in the captaincy of Pernambuco.

  • She told me that Luiz do Rego had sent home many fine minerals from the captaincy, and also some fossils.

  • They served the war out, Abner rising just before the end to a captaincy, Edward serving always as a private in the ranks.

  • His friend Greene gave another reason than ambition to explain his desire for the captaincy.

  • Bones was by way of being examined in subjects C and D, for promotion to captaincy, and Hamilton was the examining officer.