记忆方法
1、cap + -acious(复合后缀：-ace, -ous).
2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.
3、含义：able to contain.
2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.
3、含义：able to contain.
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词族 · capacious
派生词
英语词源
- capacious (adj.)
- 1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (see capable) + -ous. Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously; capaciousness.
权威例句
- 1. People is chickenshit, heart is capacious.
- 人是渺小的，心灵是广阔的。
- 2. The private barber parlor was in an annex adjoining a capacious bathroom.
- 这个私人理发室设在与宽敞的浴室毗邻的一个小间里.
- 3. Gradually his capacious chin encroached upon the borders of the white cravat.
- 他的广阔的下巴逐渐侵占了白领带的边界.
- 4. The initial thrust must come in the region of a capacious harbor.
- 开始时,进攻的矛头必定是一个吞吐量大的港口.
- 5. His forehead is capacious and high, but square and heavy and unpleasantly shining.
- 他脑门子又阔又高, 四四方方,显得很迟钝,而且亮晃晃的,叫人很不愉快.