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单词 capacity
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•pac•i•ty /kəˈpæsɪti/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. 
  1. the maximum amount or number that can be contained;
    volume: [countable; usually singular]a jug with a capacity of two quarts.[uncountable]The stadium was filled to capacity.
  2. the power or ability of the mind;
    mental ability: [uncountable]Those calculus problems were beyond my capacity.[countable]People bring different capacities to the language learning process.
  3. ability to perform, yield, or withstand:[countable* usually singular]a high capacity to withstand pressure.
  4. [countable] position;
    function;
    role: asked to serve in an advisory capacity.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. reaching the maximum number: a capacity crowd.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•pac•i•ty  (kə pasi tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n.  
  1. the ability to receive or contain:This hotel has a large capacity.
  2. Weights and Measuresthe maximum amount or number that can be received or contained;
    cubic contents;
    volume:The inn is filled to capacity.The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons.
  3. power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.;
    mental ability:the capacity to learn calculus.
  4. actual or potential ability to perform, yield, or withstand:He has a capacity for hard work. The capacity of the oil well was 150 barrels a day. She has the capacity to go two days without sleep.
  5. quality or state of being susceptible to a given treatment or action:Steel has a high capacity to withstand pressure.
  6. position;
    function;
    role:He served in the capacity of legal adviser.
  7. Lawlegal qualification.
  8. Electricity
    • capacitance.
    • maximum possible output.

adj. 
  1. reaching maximum capacity:a capacity audience; a capacity crowd.
  • Latin capācitāt- (stem of capācitās), equivalent. to capāci-, stem of capāx roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -āci- adjective, adjectival suffix) + -tāt- -ty2
  • Middle French
  • late Middle English capacite 1375–1425
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dimensions, amplitude.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged endowment, talent, gifts.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aptitude, adequacy, competence, capability.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
capacity /kəˈpæsɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
  1. the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold
  2. the amount that can be contained; volume: a capacity of six gallons
  3. the maximum amount something can contain or absorb (esp in the phrase filled to capacity)
  4. (as modifier): a capacity crowd
  5. the ability to understand or learn; aptitude; capability: he has a great capacity for Greek
  6. the ability to do or produce (often in the phrase at capacity): the factory's output was not at capacity
  7. a specified position or function
  8. a measure of the electrical output of a piece of apparatus such as a motor, generator, or accumulator
  9. a former name for capacitance
  10. the number of words or characters that can be stored in a particular storage device
  11. the range of numbers that can be processed in a register
  12. legal competence: the capacity to make a will
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx spacious, from capere to take
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