(pl.-ies)
1- an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed（尤指宝座或床上面的）华盖; 罩篷; 床罩。
1.1
- figurative something hanging or perceived as hanging over a person or scene〈喻〉（人或景色上方的）笼罩物：
the canopy of twinkling stars.
闪烁群星的天穹。
1.2
- Architecture a roof-like projection or shelter【建筑】挑篷, 顶篷：
they mounted the station steps under the concrete canopy.
他们登上水泥挑篷下的车站台阶。
1.3
- the transparent plastic or glass cover of an aircraft's cockpit（飞机的）座舱盖。
1.4
- the expanding, umbrella-like part of a parachute, made of silk or nylon降落伞的丝质（或尼龙）伞衣, 伞盖。
1.5
- in sing. the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage树冠层：
woolly monkeys spend hours every day sitting high in the canopy.
毛猴每天都在树冠层高高地坐上几个小时。
-ies, -ied
with obj. [usu. as adj. canopied] cover or provide with a canopy用顶篷遮盖：a canopied bed
一张有床罩的床
the river was canopied by overhanging trees.
这条河被垂树给罩住了。
词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum 'ceremonial canopy'， alteration of Latin conopeum 'mosquito net over a bed'， from Greek kōnōpeion 'couch with mosquito curtains'， from kōnōps 'mosquito'.