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cap

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Related topics: Clothes, Toys, Birth
cap1 /kæp/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]
1  baseball_hat.jpg hat 帽子HAT
a) DCCa type of flat hat that has a curved part sticking out at the front, and is often worn as part of a uniform 〔有帽舌、通常和制服配套的〕帽子
a baseball cap
棒球帽
old men in flat caps
頭戴鴨舌帽的老人們
a chauffeur’s peaked cap
司機的有檐帽
b) DCCa covering that fits very closely to your head 〔緊蓋住頭部的〕帽子，便帽
a swimming cap
泳帽
a shower cap
浴帽
c) a type of simple hat that fits very closely to your head, worn especially by women in the past 〔舊時一種式樣簡潔、緊貼頭部的〕女帽
a white lace cap
白色花邊女帽
2  fountain_pen.jpg covering 罩,蓋TOP/COVERING a protective covering that you put on the end or top of an object 〔對物件起保護作用的〕罩，蓋，套 SYN top
Make sure you put the cap back on the pen.
一定要把筆帽套上。
a bottle cap
瓶蓋
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3  limit 限度LIMIT an upper limit that is put on the amount of money that someone can earn, spend, or borrow 〔收入、支出或借貸金額的〕最高限額
a cap on local council spending
地方市政會支出的最高限額
4  sport 體育運動 British EnglishBrE
a) if a sportsperson wins a cap or is given a cap, he or she is chosen to play for their country 隊員帽〔表示入選國家隊〕
He won his first England cap against Wales in 1994.
1994年他首次入選英格蘭隊，參加對威爾士隊的比賽。
b) a sportsperson who has played for his or her country 〔國家隊的〕運動員
Mason is one of two new caps in the team.
梅森是國家隊的兩名新隊員之一。
5. DHTsmall explosive 小爆炸物EXPLOSIVE a small paper container with explosive inside it, used especially in toy guns 啪啪紙，火藥紙〔尤指玩具槍中用的紙包火藥〕
6. sex 性SEXSYMB a contraceptive made of a round piece of rubber that a woman puts inside her vagina 〔婦女避孕用的〕子宮帽 SYN diaphragm
7  go cap in hand (to somebody) British EnglishBrE, go hat in hand American EnglishASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to ask for money or help in a very respectful way, from someone who has a lot more power than you （向某人）低三下四地討錢，卑躬屈膝地求助
Elderly people should receive a heating allowance every winter, instead of having to go cap in hand to the government.
老年人應該每年冬天都能領到取暖費，而不是向政府低三下四地討要。
Examples from the Corpus
go cap in hand (to somebody)• Advertisers used to go to museums, cap in hand, to ask permission to use a painting for an advertisement.
→ flat cap, ice cap, kneecap, mob cap, skull cap, toecap, → a feather in your cap at feather1(2), → if the cap fits (, wear it) at fit1(8), → put your thinking cap on at thinking1(3)
n COLLOCATIONS
types of cap
a baseball cap (=that people wear for baseball and for fashion)
He was wearing a sweater and a baseball cap.
a flat cap (also a cloth cap) British EnglishBrE (=made of cloth with a stiff piece that sticks out at the front)
We saw an old man in a jacket and a brown flat cap.
a peaked cap (=worn as part of a uniform)
She wore a sailor's peaked cap.
a swimming/bathing cap
A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.
a shower cap (=worn to keep your hair dry when having a shower)
There was a little bag containing soap, shampoo and a shower cap.
verbs
wear a cap
He was wearing a baseball cap.
put on/take off/remove your cap
He opened the door, took off his cap, and threw it on a hook.
Examples from the Corpus
cap• Proposition 13 put a cap on property taxes.• Glancing towards the car park, I am transfixed by the sight of a man in a flat cap cleaning our car.• This'll be a feather in her cap, right enough, a princess named after her.• People get dressed up in caps and gowns.• Use a vacuum cleaner to remove debris from between the key caps and clean them with a suitable solution.• the lens cap for a camera• No cap, no apron or anything.• We... arranged the violets in our caps.• a nurse's cap• Only these caps with Yankees and Mets logos are hot pink and bright red, hardly the stuff of traditionalists.
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cap2 verb (capped, capping) [transitiveT]
1  COVER 覆蓋be capped with something COVERto have a particular substance on top 爲某物所覆蓋
a graceful tower capped with a golden dome
一座漂亮的金色圓頂塔
magnificent cliffs capped by lovely wild flowers
崖頂山花爛漫的巍峨峭壁
Examples from the Corpus
be capped with something• The forefinger of this was capped with a golden nib!• Nocks are vulnerable when landing; but can themselves be capped with a length of vinyl tube.• The central movements are beautifully played, to be capped with a superb opening of the finale.• Warped and folded Paleozoic strata and reddish Tertiary volcanic rocks are capped with dark Quaternary basalt flows.• One is Skorpios, home of the Onassis family; other islands are capped with neat white villages seemingly from another century.
2  limit 限制 to limit the amount of something, especially money, that can be used, allowed, or spent 限制〔尤指金錢〕
the only county to have its spending capped by the government
唯一一個開支受控於政府的縣
n Grammar
Cap is often passive in this meaning.
3  good/bad 好/壞BETTER to say, do, or be something that is better, worse, or more extreme than something that has just happened or been said 勝過，超過
Well, we went three nights with no sleep at all. I bet you can’t cap that!
唉，我們連續三夜沒睡覺，我敢打賭你不會比這更慘了！
4  be capped by something to have something very good or very bad at the end of an event 以某事結束，以某事告終
a fabulous weekend, capped by dinner in the Times Square Hotel
一個非常美好的周末，以在時代廣場酒店用晚餐結束
Examples from the Corpus
be capped by something• Saturday night was capped by a ranger program, goodies and campfire stories.• The festivities were capped by an emotional presentation of a set of Bohemian cut glass from the staff to Bernard and Laura.• The jute tips were capped by an ethereal green mist, through which a dozen or so fist-sized stars peeked.• They were capped by flat discs and had a smooth surface without any semblance of an aero dynamic profile.• The five-run flurry was capped by Steve Finley, who hit a three-run homer.• And it fears spending could soon be capped by the Government.
5  sport 體育運動 British EnglishBrEDS to choose someone for a national sports team 把…選入〔國家隊〕
He’s been capped three times for England.
他三次入選英格蘭隊。
6  to cap it all (off) British EnglishBrE spokenINTRODUCE used before a statement to say that something is the last in a series of annoying, unpleasant, or funny events 最糟糕[有趣]的是
To cap it all, the phones didn’t work, and there was no hot water.
最倒黴的是，電話不能用，熱水也沒有。
Examples from the Corpus
to cap it all (off)• I had a terrible day at work, and to cap it all off I got a flat tire.• And to cap it all off, when she was tied-up she couldn't run backwards, so she lay down instead!• And to cap it all she could feel the ominous beginnings of a thundering headache.• And to cap it all, the bland sleazy boredom of it all.• And, to cap it all, Wimbledon won the Cup.
7  snow-capped, white-capped etcwhite-capped etc snow-capped with snow on top, with white on top etc 白雪覆蓋的/白色覆蓋的等
snow-capped mountains
白雪覆蓋的群山
8  tooth 牙齒MH to cover a tooth with a special hard white substance 給〔牙齒〕上牙套
He’s had his teeth capped.
他給牙齒上了牙套。
Examples from the Corpus
cap• The museum dedication capped a week of nonstop Holocaust commemoration in the capital.• Some state colleges have capped enrollment for budgetary reasons.• To cap it off, the last but one trap contained a ten pounder.• Payton capped the game with three baskets in the final minute.• The chain-link fence is capped with barbed wire.
the CAPCAP, then /ˌsiː eɪ ˈpiː/
n(the Common Agricultural Policy) a system of laws arranged by the european union to control the production of food and other farm crops. It set limits on how much farmers can grow, and provided them with financial support. The CAP has often been criticized as a wasteful use of European Union money, and some people think it has given a lot of money to rich farmers who do not need it.
From Longman Business Dictionary
CAPCAP
ECONOMICSabbreviation for COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
capcap /kæp/ verb (capped, capping) [transitiveT]
1ECONOMICS to put a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent
The total annual fee is capped at 1.5%.
Up to 150 local government jobs could go if the Council has its spending capped by the new Home Secretary.
2BANKING to put a limit on the amount of interest that can be charged on a loan, however much interest rates rise
annual rate increases capped at two percentage points
—capping noun [uncountableU]
Councillor Carr has warned that services will suffer as a result of capping.
—cap noun [countableC]
The administration has put a cap on domestic spending.
The banks were instructed to put a cap on credit card interest rates.
Origin cap1
(900-1000) Late Latin cappa “covering for the head, cloak”, perhaps from Latin caput “head”

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