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caps /kaeps/ ziotm.[pi.] (ted7/i/’a>/ 术语）capital letters 大写 幸母：a rit〖e printed in bo〖d caps以粗成大写字母印描j沾

cap-sicum /'kaspsikam/ noun (technical a type of plant which has hollow fruits. Some types of these are eaten as vegetables, either raw or cooked, for example

SWEET PEPPERS or CHILLIES.辣椒

cap-size /kaep'saiz; NAmE 'kaepsaiz/ verb [V, VN] if a boat capsizes or sth capsizes it, it turns over in the water

(船）翻，倾覆

cap-stan /'kaepstan/ noun a thick cylinder that winds up a rope, used for lifting heavy objects such as an anchor on a ship起锚机；绞盘 cap-stone /'kaepstaun; NAmE -stoun/ noun 1 a stone placed at tlie top of a building or wall 拱顶石；压顶石 2 {especially NAm£) the best and final thing that sb achieves, thought of as making their career or life complete (使事业等臻于圆满的）预点 cap-sule /'kaepsjuil; NAmE also 'kaepsl/ noun 1 a small container which has a measured amount of a medicine inside and which dissolves when you swallow it (装药 物的）胶囊一picture o page ^25 2 a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside (装杨或装 液体的 > 小塑料容器3 the part of a spacecraft in which people travel and that often separates from the main rocket 太空舱；航天舱 4 (tecfm/cfl/ 术语)_ a shell or container for seeds or eggs in some plants and animals (植物的）荚，蒴果；（动物的）囊，被膜 —see also time capsule

Capt* 〇仙r. captain船长；舰长；（陆军）上尉；（海

军）上机长

Cap-tain /'kaeptin/ noun, verb m noun 1 the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft船长；机长：Captain Coofc库克船长◊ The captain gave the order to abandon ship.船长下令弃船。

2 an officer of fairly high rank in the navy, the army and the US air force (海军）上校；（陆军或美国空军 的）上尉：Captain Lance Price兰斯•普赖斯上尉一 see also group captain 3 the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team首领；领导者；（尤指运会队 的}队长：She was captain of the hockey team at school —过学校曲棍球队的队长。4 an officer of high rank in a US police or fire department ..(美茵警察局的}副巡 长；（美国消肪署的）中队长

■                  verb [VN] to be a captain of a sports team or a ship 任…的< 队长（或船长）

cap-tain-cy /'kaeptansi/ noun [C, usually sing., U] (pi. -ies) the position of captain of a team; the period during which sb is captain队长职位（或任也）

■                  captain 'genefal /7〇w/i (/?/. .captains 丨general)'a very

high rank in the British army, held by an important person who is not a soldier .(矣国陆军中由非军职要员 担任的）将官

.captain of industry noun (pi. captains of industry) used in newspapers, etc. to describe a person who manages a large business company (报章♦用语）业界

巨头.

cap-tion /'kaepj'n/ noun, verb

• noun words that are printed underneath a picture, cartoon，etc. that explain or describe it (:图片、漫画 等的）说命文字一see also closed-captioned

■                  verb [VN] [usually passive] to write a caption for a picture, photograph, etc.给（图片、照片等> ^卩说明文字

cap-tiv-ate /'kaeptiveit/ verb [VN] [often passive] to keep sb’s attention by being interesting, attractive, etc. 迷住；使着迷          enchant ： The children were

captivated by her stories.孩子们被她的故事迷住了。 cap-tiv-at-ing /'kaeptiveiti^/ adj. taking all your atten­tion; very attractive and interesting A 6^ ; W M ^3 的；有咗引力的 pyiTi enchanting ： He found her captivating,     发觉她很迷人。

cap*tive /'kaeptiv/ adj., noun

m adj. 1 kept as a prisoner or in a confined space; unable to escape被监禁的；被关起来的；被困住的：captive animak 关在笼子里的动物◊ They were taken captive by masfced gunmen.他们&蒙面的持枪歹徒劫持了。◊