midshipman
/ˈmɪdʃɪpmən/noun
(pl. -men/-mən/)
1
- a rank of officer in the Royal Navy, above naval cadet and below sub lieutenant（英国）海军候补少尉。
- ORIGIN: early 17th cent.: so named because the officer was stationed amidships; he was however allowed to walk the quarterdeck, to which he aspired in promotion.
1.1
- a naval cadet in the US navy（美国）海军学校学员。
2
- an American toadfish with dorsal and anal fins that run most of the length of the body and rows of light organs on the underside深水光蟾鱼。
2.1
- Genus Porichthys, family Batrachoididae: two or three species.光蟾鱼属, 蟾鱼科：2或3种。