cape

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 kāp

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
  2. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
    — Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  3. A superhero. slang
    — Rows and rows of booths and pavilions stretch across the floor, draped with glowing holograms and shifting signs beckoning capes to try their wares. Bystander insurance. Hypertech components. Mystical ingredients. Training DVDs ...
动词 v.
  1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
    — “I became a novillero when I was fourteen, but I had already been going to the fields and caping bulls since I was about twelve."
  2. To head or point; to keep a course.
    — The ship capes southwest by south.
  3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
  4. To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy. US,slang
    — A lot of African-Americans believe the answer is Clinton, mostly because "she's not Trump" and because President Barack Obama is shamelessly caping for her.
  5. To cover (as) with or like a cape. transitive
    — The white fur that caped his neck and shoulders stood on end.

词形变化

capes plural capes plural capes present,singular,third-person caping participle,present caped participle,past caped past

词汇关系

衍生词
Batcape capekino capeless capelet capelike capeshit capewise flag cape Inverness cape minicape raincape uncape
相关词
cloak

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”).
Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth.
For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa).
词源 2
From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader.) Doublet of capa and cappa.
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