Capital

['kæpɪt(ə)l] or ['kæpɪtl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature.

(noun.) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; 'printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters'.

(noun.) the federal government of the United States.

(noun.) a seat of government.

(noun.) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; 'the crime capital of Italy'; 'the drug capital of Columbia'.

(noun.) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.

(noun.) assets available for use in the production of further assets.

(adj.) uppercase; 'capital A'; 'great A'; 'many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script' .

(adj.) of primary importance; 'our capital concern was to avoid defeat' .

(adj.) first-rate; 'a capital fellow'; 'a capital idea' .

乔斯林編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Of or pertaining to the head.

(n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

(n.) First in importance; chief; principal.

(n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

(n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

(n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

(n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

(n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

(a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

(a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

(a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

(a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.

(a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

安德烈整理

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Chief, principal, leading, first in importance.[2]. Excellent, good, prime, perfect, first-rate.

n. [1]. Metropolis, chief city or town.[2]. Large letter, capital letter.[3]. Stock, sum invested.[4]. (Arch.) Head of a column, pillar or pilaster.

海耶斯校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Chief, excellent, important, cardinal, principal, consummate, high

ANT:Inferior, unimportant, subordinate, minor, defective, mean

編輯:尼特

解釋/意思:

adj. relating to the head: involving the loss of the head; chief: principal: excellent.—n. the head or top part of a column or pillar: the chief or most important thing: the chief city of a country: a large letter such as used on title-pages &c.: the stock or money for carrying on any business.—n. Capitalisā′tion the act of converting into capital: printing with capital letters.—v.t. Cap′italīse to convert into capital or money.—ns. Cap′italism condition of possessing capital: the economic system which generates capitalists; Cap′italist one who has capital or money.—adv. Cap′itally chiefly: principally: excellently: by capital punishment.—adj. Cap′itate (bot.) growing in or shaped like a head.—ns. Capitā′tion a numbering of every head or individual: a tax on every head; Capite (kap′it-i) an ancient English tenure (Shak.).—Circulating or Floating capital consists of the wages paid to the workmen and of the raw material used up in the processes of industry &c.; Fixed capital consists of buildings machines tools &c.—Hold lands in capite to hold them directly from the sovereign.—Make capital out of to turn to advantage.

校對:尼古拉斯