| 单词 | caption |
| 释义 | caption (once / 2137 pages) 1nv 2n A caption is a brief description accompanying an illustration. You know the online photo of your baby cousin face-planting into a cake? The description underneath it that says "Hugh's First Birthday" — that's the caption. The Latin root of caption is capito, which means "seizing" or "holding." What do captions have to do with seizing? Nothing. Centuries ago, when authorities seized someone's property for legal reasons, they presented documents that began with the phrase "certificate of caption." Eventually people began using the word to refer to the beginning of any document. Then they began using it to mean any article or chapter heading. And from chapter headings it was a short hop to picture headings. A long journey for a word whose definition includes the description "brief"! WORD FAMILYcaption: captioned, captioning, captions, captious+/captious: captiously USAGE EXAMPLESAfter his victory, the A.C.L.U.’s home page featured an image of him with the caption “See You in Court.” The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Cyrus captioned a photo of herself and Hemsworth with a young girl — all of them sporting wide smiles. Time(Dec 31, 2016) One picture shows Ali’s toddler son holding a mobile phone to his ear, above the caption: “He is waiting for you to return.” The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n brief description accompanying an illustration Syn|Hyper legend title a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work 2n translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen Syn|Hyper subtitle interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language 3v provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing 2Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to n taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument a mere caption unworthy of a reply Hyper exception grounds for adverse criticism |
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