核心畫面

You can picture capital as the 'head' position — the , chief, or most important point. Latin caput means head, and that one idea fans out: the head city of a country (the capital), the head money that gets a business going, the big 'head' form of a letter, and even the stone head that sits on top of a column.

可以把 capital 想成「居於最上方、最重要的那個位置」——也就是「頭」的概念。拉丁字根 caput 就是「頭」更多收起可以把 capital 想成「居於最上方、最重要的那個位置」——也就是「頭」的概念。拉丁字根 caput 就是「頭」,從這個畫面往外長:一個國家的「頭」城市就是首都;讓生意起步的那筆「本金」是頭一筆錢;字母最大的那個「頭」形就是大寫;連柱子頂端那塊雕花石頭也叫柱頭。

原始詞典資料19 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Capitalname詞源 1

  • 1

    The Capital Airlines, which operated as a trunk carrier in the United States before merging with United Airlines in 1961.

    • Fornasero had been a pilot for almost 19 years and joined Capital in 1941. He spent three years as a pilot for the Air Force during World War II and then rejoined the airline.

Capitalname詞源 2

  • 1

    A governorate in northern Bahrain.

capitalnoun詞源 1/ˈkæpɪtəl/

  • 1

    businesseconomicsfinanceMoney and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

    • Near-synonym: assets
    • He does not have enough capital to start a business.
  • 2

    economicssciencesAlready-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

    • Near-synonym: assets
    • He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.
  • 3

    governmentpoliticsThe capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.

    • The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.
    • He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.
  • 4

    A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.

    • Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
    • The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.
  • 5

    The most important city in the field specified.

    • Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.
  • 6

    An uppercase letter.

  • 7

    Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.

    • Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.
  • 8

    The chief or most important thing.

capitaladj詞源 1/ˈkæpɪtəl/

  • 1

    Of prime importance.

    • a capital article in religion
    • whatever is capital and essential in Christianity
  • 2

    Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation).

    • London and Paris are capital cities.
  • 3

    datedExcellent.

    • a capital fellow
    • That is a capital idea!
  • 4

    Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.

    • capital punishment; capital murder
    • Neither could the Legiſlature in any thing more conſult the Publick Good, than by providing ſome effectual Remedy againſt this Evil, which in ſeveral Caſes deſerves greater Puniſhment than many Crimes that are capital among us.
  • 5

    Uppercase.

    • One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
  • 6

    Uppercase.

    • You're a genius with a capital G!
    • He's dead with a capital D!
  • 7

    Of or relating to the head.

    • Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise / Expect with mortal pain.

capitalintj詞源 1/ˈkæpɪtəl/

  • 1

    datedslangused as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

    • That's an amazing idea! Capital!
    • "Capital! And I shall soon get a bonus."

capitalnoun詞源 2/ˈkæpɪtəl/

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    architectureThe uppermost part of a column.

    • But a great wonder of this chamber, and a marvel to behold, was how the capital of every one of the four-and-twenty pillars was hewn from a single precious stone, carved by the hand of some sculptor of long ago into the living form of a monster: […]

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。