capital
n
1 town or city that is the centre of government of a country, state or province 首都; 首府; 省会
Cairo is the capital of Egypt. 开罗是埃及的首都.
[attrib 作定语]
London, Paris and Rome are capital cities. 伦敦、 巴黎、 罗马都是国都.
2 (also capital letter) letter of the form and size used to begin a name or a sentence 大写字母
In this sentence, the word BIG is in capitals. 本句中BIG一字用的是大写字母.
Write your name in block capitals, please. 姓名请用大写.
3 head or top part of a column 柱头; 柱顶. =>illus at column 见column之插图. capital, adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
1 involving punishment by death 死刑的: a capital offence 死罪
capital punishment, ie the death penalty 死刑.
2 (of letters) having the form and size used to begin a name or a sentence (指字母)大写的
London is spelt with a capital `L'. London一字中L是大写的.
3 very serious 极严重的: a capital error 大错.
4 (dated 旧 Brit) excellent 极好的
What a capital idea! 真是一个好主意! capital n
1 [U] wealth or property that may be used to produce more wealth 资本; 资金.
2 [sing] sum of money used to start a business 本钱
set up a business with a starting capital of 100000 先拿100000英镑当本钱创业.
3 [U] accumulated material wealth owned by a person or a business 个人或企业积累的物质财富
[attrib 作定语]
capital assets 资本资产.
4 [U] capitalists or their interests 资本家; 资方
capital and labour 资方与劳方.
5 (idm 习语) make capital (out) of sth use (a situation, etc) to one's own advantage 利用
The Opposition parties made (political) capital out of the disagreements within the Cabinet. 反对党利用内阁的分歧而捞取(政治)资本.
artn. 艺术;艺术作品;(需要技术、工艺的)行业;文艺(包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等);
vi. thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用;
adj. 艺术的;(为)艺术家的;艺术品的;具有艺术性的;
vt.& vi. [口语](把…)装饰得古色古香,(把…)装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味,把…装饰得有艺术价值;把…加以艺术乔装,使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中];
rootn. 根,根源;原因,本质;祖先;[乐]和弦基音;
vt. 使生根;使固定;根源在于;欢呼,喝彩;
vi. 生根;根除;