n.[C]
- 無邊便帽;制服帽;(表示職業,等級等的)帽子
- 蓋,罩,套
Put the
cap back on the toothpaste.
把蓋子重新擰在牙膏管上。
- 【美】(經費等的)最高限度
- 【英】(避孕用的)子宮帽
- (玩具槍的)火藥帽,火藥紙
- 【軍】雷管
vt.
- 給……戴帽;加蓋於;覆蓋[(+with)]
Clouds
capped the mountains.
雲籠罩著山頂。
- 勝過;超過[(+with)]
He
capped one story with another.
他說了一個比前一個更好聽的故事。
- 裝雷管在……上
- (為球隊)挑選(球員)[(+for)]
vi.
- 脫帽致意[(+to)]
片語
cap in hand
- 恭敬地
Whenever he speaks with a lady, he would stand erect,
cap in hand.
每當他與女士交談時,他總是恭恭敬敬地站著。
put on one's thinking cap
- 仔細思量
You should
put on your thinking cap to solve this problem.
你必須仔細考慮一下解決這個問題。
辨析
cap1
n.
- a soft, flat hat without a brim and usually with a peak.
▸a soft, close-fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose:
a shower cap.
▸an academic mortar board.
- a protective lid or cover for a bottle, pen, etc.
▸Dentistry an artificial protective covering for a tooth.
- an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing.
- Brit. a cap awarded to members of a sports team, especially a national team.
-
(also Dutch cap)
Brit. informal a contraceptive diaphragm.
- the broad upper part of the fruiting body of a mushroom or toadstool.
- short for percussion cap.
v.
(caps, capping, capped)
- put or form a lid or cover on.
▸put a cap on (a tooth).
- provide a fitting climax or conclusion to.
▸follow or reply to (a story or remark) with a better one.
- place a limit on (prices, expenditure, etc.).
-
(be capped)
Brit. be chosen as a member of a sports team, especially a national one.
- Scottish & NZ confer a university degree on.
Phrase
- cap in hand
(N. Amer. hat in hand)
humbly asking for a favour. - cap of liberty
a conical cap given to Roman slaves when they were freed, later used as a republican symbol. - cap of maintenance
Brit. a cap or hat worn or carried as a symbol of official dignity. - set one's cap at
(or US for)
dated (of a woman) try to attract (a particular man) as a suitor. - to cap it all
as the final unfortunate incident in a long series.
Derivative
- capful n.
(pl. capfuls)
. - capper n.
Etymology
OE cæppe ‘hood’, from late L. cappa, perh. from L. caput ‘head’.