cap
帽子,上限,帽,封顶
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Definitions
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- : a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
- : a brimless head covering with a visor, as a baseball cap.
- : a mobcap.
- : a headdress denoting rank, occupation, religious order, or the like: a nurse's cap.
- : mortarboard.
- : Mathematics. the symbol ∩, used to indicate the intersection of two sets.Compare intersection.
- : anything resembling or suggestive of a covering for the head in shape, use, or position: a cap on a bottle.
- : summit; top; apex; acme.
- : 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.
- : Mycology. the pileus of a mushroom.
- : Botany. calyptra.
- : Mining. a short, horizontal beam at the top of a prop for supporting part of a roof.
- : a percussion cap.
- : British Sports. a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad.
- : a noise-making device for toy pistols, made of a small quantity of explosive wrapped in paper or other thin material.
- : Nautical. 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.
- : a new tread applied to a worn pneumatic tire.
- : Architecture. a capital.
- : Carpentry. a metal plate placed over the iron of a plane to break the shavings as they rise.
- : Fox Hunting. capping fee.
- : Chiefly British Slang. a contraceptive diaphragm.
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capped, cap·ping.
- : to provide or cover with or as if with a cap.
- : to complete.
- : follow up with something as good or better; surpass; outdo: to cap one joke with another.
- : to serve as a cap, covering, or top to; overlie.
- : to put a maximum limit on.
- : British Sports. to select for a representative team.
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capped, cap·ping.
- : Fox Hunting. to hunt with a hunting club of which one is not a member, on payment of a capping fee.
Phrases
- cap and gown
- cap in hand
- cap it all
- feather in one's cap
- hat (cap) in hand
- if the shoe (cap) fits, wear it
- put on one's thinking cap
- set one's cap for
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Since then, the group has lost one-third of its value as its total market cap shrank to $792 billion.
Sometimes this is conveyed by declarations in all caps about how amazing the universe is.
We found that smaller companies have been suffering, with the total market cap of companies worth $1-10 billion falling by 10% so far this year.
People have lost their jobs and are left with no or limited sources of income, companies specifically small and medium cap businesses are shutting down.
That might mean setting a price cap on what a landlord can charge or limiting the amount the rent can be raised.
Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
The cap devices on thousands of identical hats glinted in the late morning sun along with the shields worn by each of the cops.
Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.
Available at Amazon Vince Camuto Moto Baseball Cap, $34 Baseball caps may be useful on the road, but they scream “tourist!”
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
"It's like that out here on the Riviera," said Jane, shaking her head so gloomily that the ruffled cap wobbled.
But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
The more enthusiastic among the audience, male and female, also sport the red cap of liberty.