| 单词 | cap |
| 释义 | cap cap1 —capless, adj. /kap/, n. , v. , capped, capping. n. 1. a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim. 2. a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap. 3. mobcap. 4. a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap. 5. mortarboard (def. 2). 6. Math. the symbol (like an inverted U), used to indicate the intersection of two sets. Cf. intersection (def. 3a). 7. anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle. 8. summit; top; acme. 9. a maximum limit, as one set by law or agreement on prices, wages, spending, etc., during a certain period of time; ceiling: a 9 percent cap on pay increases for this year. 10. Mycol. the pileus of a mushroom. 11. Bot. calyptra (def. 1). 12. Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof. 13. a percussion cap. 14. Brit. Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad. 15. a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material. 16. Naut. a fitting of metal placed over the head of a spar, as a mast or bowsprit, and having a collar for securing an additional spar. 17. a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire. 18. Archit. a capital. 19. Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise. 20. Fox Hunting. See capping fee. 21. Chiefly Brit. Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm. 22. cap in hand, humbly; in supplication: He went to his father cap in hand and begged his forgiveness. 23. set one's cap for, to pursue as being a potential mate. v.t. 24. to provide or cover with or as if with a cap. 25. to complete. 26. follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another. 27. to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie. 28. to put a maximum limit on (prices, wages, spending, etc.). 29. Brit. Sports. to select (a player) for a representative team. v.i. 30. Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee. [bef. 1000; ME cappe, OE caeppe < LL cappa hooded cloak, cap; cf. CAPE] cap2 /kap/, n. , v. , capped, capping. n. 1. a capital letter. 2. Usually, caps. uppercase: Please set the underlined in caps. v.t. 3. to write or print in capital letters, or make an initial letter a capital; capitalize. [1895-1900; by shortening] cap3 /kap/, n. Slang. a capsule, esp. of a narcotic drug. [by shortening of CAPSULE] |
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