单词 | capacity |
释义 | capacity /keuh pas"i tee/, n. , pl. capacities, adj. n. 1. the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity. 2. the 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. legal qualification. 8. Elect. a. capacitance. b. maximum possible output. adj. 9. reaching maximum capacity: a capacity audience; a capacity crowd. [1375-1425; late ME capacite < MF < L capacitat- (s. of capacitas), equiv. to capaci-, s. of capax roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -aci- adj. suffix) + -tat- -TY2] Syn. 2. dimensions, amplitude. 3. endowment, talent, gifts. 4. aptitude, adequacy, competence, capability. |
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