cap 1 S3 / kæp / 名词 [可数名词]

1 hat

a) a type of flat hat that has a curved part sticking out at the front, and is often worn as part of a uniform :

a baseball cap

old men in flat caps

a chauffeur’s peaked cap

b) a covering that fits very closely to your head :

a swimming cap

a shower cap

c) a type of simple hat that fits very closely to your head, worn especially by women in the past :

a white lace cap

2

covering a protective covering that you put on the end or top of an object 同义词 top :

Make sure you put the cap back on the pen.

a bottle cap

3 limit an upper limit that is put on the amount of money that someone can earn, spend, or borrow :

a cap on local council spending

4 sport British English

a) if a sportsperson wins a cap or is given a cap, he or she is chosen to play for their country :

He won his first England cap against Wales in 1994.

b) a sportsperson who has played for his or her country :

Mason is one of two new caps in the team.

5 small explosive a small paper container with explosive inside it, used especially in toy guns

6 sex a contraceptive made of a round piece of rubber that a woman puts inside her vagina 同义词 diaphragm

7 go cap in hand (to somebody) British English , go hat in hand American English to ask for money or help in a very respectful way, from someone who has a lot more power than you :

Elderly people should receive a heating allowance every winter, instead of having to go cap in hand to the government.

→ flat cap , ice cap , kneecap , mob cap , skull cap , toecap , → a feather in your cap at feather 1 ( 2 ) , → if the cap fits (, wear it) at fit 1 ( 8 ) , → put your thinking cap on at thinking 1 ( 3 )

COLLOCATIONS

types of cap

a baseball cap (= that people wear for baseball and for fashion ) He was wearing a sweater and a baseball cap.

a flat cap ( also a cloth cap ) British English (= made of cloth with a stiff piece that sticks out at the front ) We saw an old man in a jacket and a brown flat cap.

a peaked cap (= worn as part of a uniform ) She wore a sailor’s peaked cap.

a swimming/bathing cap A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.

a shower cap (= worn to keep your hair dry when having a shower ) There was a little bag containing soap, shampoo and a shower cap.

动词

wear a cap He was wearing a baseball cap.

put on/take off/remove your cap He opened the door, took off his cap, and threw it on a hook.

THESAURUS

cover something that is put on or over something else to protect it, for example a piece of metal, plastic, or glass : a manhole cover | the cover that goes over the barbecue

covering a layer of something, or a sheet of something, that covers something else : There was light covering of snow on the ground. | The hard shell acts as a protective covering. | the cloth coverings on the altar

lid a cover for a container such as a pan or a box : the lid of the box | a saucepan lid

top/cap the thing that you put on top of a bottle, tube, or pen, in order to prevent the liquid or other things inside from coming out : I can’t find the cap for the pen. | Put the top back on the milk! | the cap that goes on the toothpaste

cork the top part that you put on top of a bottle of wine : Can you take off the cork for me?

wrapping ( also wrap especially American English ) a sheet of paper, plastic etc that is put around something in order to cover or protect it : John tore the wrapping off his presents. | The lamp was still in its wrapping.

wrapper a piece of paper or plastic that is put around something you buy, especially a small object : Put the candy wrappers in your pocket. | He took the drinking straw out of its wrapper.