| 单词 | to capacity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto capacity f. The largest audience that a place of entertainment can hold; a situation in which a theatre, cinema, etc., is full; spec. in to capacity: with all available room occupied; hence in general use, full; to the limit. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator > at a show or spectacle > audience spectatory1831 spectatorship1833 spectatordom1854 crowdc1863 captive audience1902 capacity1908 mass audience1927 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > large or capacity bumper1789 capacity1908 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > taking up space [phrase] > full to capacity to stick full ofc1300 full to the brim1609 to capacity1937 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 1908 L. Merrick Man who understood Women 152 On the second Saturday night they played to ‘the capacity of the house’. 1919 Honey Pot July 5 Why there is hardly a theatre in the West End playing to capacity, week in week out. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 328 We've got going in the town... Another week and it 'ud be capacity every night. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 329 Turning money away, my dear; capacity to the roof, ol' man. 1937 D. Marlowe Coming, Sir! viii. 123 The other stows were filled to capacity. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xxii. 182 I..took my place among the standees at the back, noting dully that I should be playing to absolute capacity. 1958 Spectator 20 June 819/1 The bank-note paper mills worked to capacity throughout the year. < as lemmas |
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