cap-a-pie

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. From head to toe, especially of armor or other military accoutrements. not-comparable
    — If twenty thousand naked Americans were not able to resist the assaults of but twenty well-armed Spaniards, I see little possibility for one honest man to defend himself against twenty thousand knaves, who are all furnished cap-a-pie with the defensive arms of worldly prudence, and the offensive, too, of craft and malice.

词形变化

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词源

From Old French (de) cap a pié (Modern French de pied en cap).
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