skipper• The best chanceTown had in the first half came from this corner and it came from skipper Colin Calderwood.• He nodded, and was very polite and respectful, his usualattitude to his skipper.• He's looked the full business as an inspirationalskipper.• They may have problems, however, keeping skippers and crews in check.• Middlesbrough skipper Alan Kernaghan, who faces a two-match ban, received another booking when he fouled Halsall.• And a hamstringinjury has put skipper Ellery Hanley out of the starting line-up against Rovers.• Our experience should be of value to skippers thinking of calling here in 1991.
skipper2 verb [transitiveT] informal
IN CHARGE OFto be in charge of a ship, sports team etc – used especially in newsreports 当〔船〕的船长;当〔运动队等〕的队长〔尤用于新闻报道〕SYN captain
Examples from the Corpus
skipper• In 5 days noviceslearn enough to skipper a yacht safely on an Ionian flotilla.• Heaven Can Wait, skippered by Harold Cudmore, led her group, finishingthirdoverall on corrected time.• If you've never sailed before, go to Nidri where one option teaches you how to skipper during the first week.• And two years later, he skippered the side when they lost ingloriously to Sheffield Eagles in a monumentalupset.• Villa-Flotilla offers a course which teaches even completebeginners to skipper their own yachts.