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capacious

英 [k?'pe???s] 美[k?'pe??s]
  • adj. 寬敞的;廣闊的;容積大的

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1、cap + -acious(復(fù)合后綴:-ace, -ous).
2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.
3、含義:able to contain.

英文詞源


capacious (adj.)
1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (see capable) + -ous. Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously; capaciousness.

雙語例句


1. People is chickenshit, heart is capacious.
人是渺小的,心靈是廣闊的。

來自辭典例句

2. The private barber parlor was in an annex adjoining a capacious bathroom.
這個(gè)私人理發(fā)室設(shè)在與寬敞的浴室毗鄰的一個(gè)小間里.

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3. Gradually his capacious chin encroached upon the borders of the white cravat.
他的廣闊的下巴逐漸侵占了白領(lǐng)帶的邊界.

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4. The initial thrust must come in the region of a capacious harbor.
開始時(shí),進(jìn)攻的矛頭必定是一個(gè)吞吐量大的港口.

來自辭典例句

5. His forehead is capacious and high, but square and heavy and unpleasantly shining.
他腦門子又闊又高, 四四方方,顯得很遲鈍,而且亮晃晃的,叫人很不愉快.

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