cape

英 [ke?p] 美[kep]

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復(fù)數(shù):?capes;

cape：蓋鋪。蓋在身上的——披肩，短斗篷；cap帽子，頭，像頭一樣從海里伸出的東西——海角。?

cape 披肩，斗篷，海角。

1.披肩，詞源同cap, 帽子。

2.海角，來自詞根cap, 頭，見captain.

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 Proven?al cap from Vulgar Latin *capo, a derivative of Latin caput ‘bead’. Cape ‘cloak’ [16] comes via French cape and Proven?al 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, c?ppe, 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).

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(fā)射升空。

2. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.: 他們繞過合恩角時(shí)，暴風(fēng)雨已經(jīng)減弱。

4. When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.: 客輪到達(dá)開普敦時(shí)，我們暫時(shí)分別。

5. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.: “發(fā)現(xiàn)”號航天飛機(jī)今晨從卡納維拉爾角順利發(fā)射升空。