cape
英 [keɪp]
美 [kep]
- n. [地理] 海角,岬;披肩
- n. (Cape)人名;(塞)察佩;(英)凱普
助記提示
cape:蓋鋪。蓋在身上的——披肩,短鬥篷;cap帽子,頭,像頭一樣從海裏伸出的東西——海角。
中文詞源
cape 披肩,鬥篷,海角。1.披肩,詞源同cap, 帽子。
2.海角,來自詞根cap, 頭,見captain.
英文詞源
- cape
- cape: There are two distinct words cape in English, but they may come from the same ultimate source. The earlier, ‘promontory, headland’ [14], comes via Old French cap and Provençal cap from Vulgar Latin *capo, a derivative of Latin caput ‘bead’. Cape ‘cloak’ [16] comes via French cape and Provençal capa from late Latin cappa ‘hood’, source of English cap; this too may be traceable back to Latin caput. (Other English descendants of caput include achieve, cadet, capital, captain, chapter, and chief; and cappa was also the precursor of chapel, chaperone, and cope).
=> achieve, cadet, capital, cappuccino, captain, chapel, chaperon, chapter, chief, escape - cape (n.1)
- garment, late Old English capa, cæppe, from Late Latin cappa "hooded cloak" (see cap (n.)). The modern word and meaning ("sleeveless cloak") are a mid-16c. reborrowing from French cape, from Spanish, in reference to a Spanish style.
- cape (n.2)
- "promontory," late 14c., from Middle French cap "cape; head," from Latin caput "headland, head" (see capitulum). The Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa has been the Cape since 1660s. Sailors called low cloud banks that could be mistaken for landforms on the horizon Cape fly-away (1769).
雙語例句
- 1. A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
- 今天一早,一枚“德爾塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡納維拉爾角發射升空。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
- 他們繞過合恩角時,暴風雨已經減弱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Their first port of call will be Cape Town.
- 他們的第一個停靠港將是開普敦。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.
- 客輪到達開普敦時,我們暫時分別。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.
- “發現”號航天飛機今晨從卡納維拉爾角順利發射升空。
來自柯林斯例句