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cap

/kap/US // kæp //UK // (kæp) //

帽子,上限,帽,封顶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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

verboutdo a performance
Forms: capped, capping, caps

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.