Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense caps, present participle capping, past tense, past participle capped
1N-COUNT (有帽舌的)帽子,便帽 A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys. (有帽舌的)帽子,便帽
...a dark blue baseball cap.
深蓝色棒球帽
2N-COUNT 制服帽 A cap is a special hat which is worn as part of a uniform. 制服帽
...a frontier guard in olive-grey uniform and a peaked cap.
身穿橄榄灰制服、头戴大盖帽的边境哨兵
3VERB [usually passive]使入选国家(足球、橄榄球、板球等)队 If a sports player is capped, they are chosen to represent their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket. 使入选国家(足球、橄榄球、板球等)队 [British]
Rees, 32, has been capped for England 23 times. [beVERB-ed]
里斯,32岁,曾经23次入选英格兰队。
...England's most capped rugby union player. [VERB-ed]
入选英格兰国家队次数最多的橄榄球协会运动员
4N-COUNT 国家队队员资格 If a sports player represents their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, you can say that they have been awarded a cap . 国家队队员资格 [British]
Mark Davis will win his first cap for Wales in Sunday's Test match against Australia. [+ for]
星期天对阵澳大利亚的国际锦标赛,马克·戴维斯将首次代表威尔士国家队出战。
5N-COUNT [adjective NOUN]首次入选国家队的选手 You can refer to someone who is representing their country for the first time in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, as a new cap . 首次入选国家队的选手 [British]
The only new cap is Llanelli's 20-year-old left-wing Wayne Proctor.
唯一初次入选国家队的选手是来自拉内利的20岁左边锋韦恩·普罗克特。
6VERB (政府)限制(组织或地方议会的支出),限定(预算) If the government caps an organization, council, or budget, it limits the amount of money that the organization or council is allowed to spend, or limits the size of the budget. (政府)限制(组织或地方议会的支出),限定(预算)
The Secretary of State for Environment has the power to cap councils which spend excessively. [VERB noun]
环境大臣有权限定那些铺张浪费的委员会的支出。
Nearly half of all local councils face being capped. [VERB noun]
所有地方议会有将近一半的开销将受到限制。
capping
Between 70 and 80 councils face significant spending cuts or capping next year.
有70到80个地方议会明年面临支出大幅削减或受到严格限制。
7N-COUNT 瓶盖;瓶塞 The cap of a bottle is its lid. 瓶盖;瓶塞
She unscrewed the cap of her water bottle and gave him a drink. [+ of]
8N-COUNT (妇女避孕用的)子宫帽 A cap is a circular rubber device that a woman places inside her vagina to prevent herself from becoming pregnant. (妇女避孕用的)子宫帽 [British]
9VERB 覆盖;把…罩起来 If you cap one thing with another, you put the other thing on top. 覆盖;把…罩起来
They had capped the roof with plywood. [VERB noun with noun]
11VERB 使具有…的结局;使…结束 If someone says that a good or bad event caps a series of events, they mean it is the final event in the series, and the other events were also good or bad. 使具有…的结局;使…结束 [journalism]
The unrest capped a weekend of right-wing attacks on foreigners. [VERB noun]
周末右翼分子对外国人的攻击最终演变成了这场骚乱。
12VERB [usually passive]箍(牙);给(牙齿)上牙套 If someone's teeth are capped, covers are fixed over them so that they look better. 箍(牙);给(牙齿)上牙套
He suddenly smiled, revealing teeth that had recently been capped. [beVERB-ed]
他突然笑了出来,露出了刚箍过的牙。
I had my teeth capped. [have noun VERB-ed]
我戴了牙套。
13N-COUNT (玩具枪用的)火药纸,电光纸 A cap is a small amount of explosive that is wrapped in paper. Caps are often used in toy guns. (玩具枪用的)火药纸,电光纸
15PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]谦卑地索要;毕恭毕敬地请求 If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you. 谦卑地索要;毕恭毕敬地请求 [informal]
He has been given the unenviable task of going round, cap in hand, to various generous companies.