- a kind of soft, flat hat without a brim and typically having a peak（尤指有帽舌的）无檐软平帽。
- with adj. or noun modifier a kind of soft, close-fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose软帽：
a shower cap
一个淋浴浴帽
a bathing cap.
一个游泳帽。
- chiefly Brit. a cap awarded as a sign of membership of a particular football, rugby, or cricket team, especially the national team in an international competition〈主英〉（作为入选某一足球、橄榄球或板球队, 尤指参加国际比赛的国家队标志的）队员帽：
he has won three caps for Scotland.
他三次入选苏格兰队。
- a player to whom such a cap is awarded被授予选手帽的运动员：
a former naval officer and rugby cap.
一位前海军军官和橄榄球运动员。
- an academic mortar board学位帽：
school-leavers in cap and gown.
头戴学位帽、身着毕业礼服的毕业生。
- a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens（瓶子、笔尖或照相机镜头的）帽, 盖。
- Dentistry an artificial protective covering for a tooth【牙科】人造牙冠。
- （亦作Dutch cap）Brit. informal a contraceptive diaphragm〈英, 非正式〉（避孕用的）子宫帽。
- the top of a bird's head when distinctively coloured彩色鸟顶冠。
- the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores（蘑菇或伞菌的）菌盖。
- an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing花费（或借款的）上限：
he raised the cap on local authority spending.
他提高了地方当局的经费上限。
- short for PERCUSSION CAP.PERCUSSION CAP的简称。
- put a lid or cover on给…加盖（或帽）：
he capped his pen.
他将钢笔套上笔帽。
- （常作be capped）form a covering layer or top part of覆盖, 笼罩：
several towers were capped by domes
几座塔被覆以圆顶
as adj., in combination -capped snow-capped mountains.山顶积雪的群山。
- put an artificial protective covering on (a tooth)装上人造牙冠。
- provide a fitting climax or conclusion to使达到高潮; 结束：
he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions.
他以成为冠军中的冠军的方式结束了这个难忘赛季。
- follow or reply to (a story, remark, or joke) by producing a better or more apposite one胜过; 超过; 盖过（前面的故事、评论或笑话）：
he prayed no wit would cap his remark with some repartee.
他祈祷没人能超过他略带诡辩的评论。
- （常作be capped）place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing)限制, 约束（价格、开销或借款）：
council budgets will be capped.
委员会的预算将受到限制。
be capped
chiefly Brit. be chosen as a member of a particular soccer, rugby, or cricket team, especially a national one in an international competition〈主英〉被选为足球（或橄榄球、板球）队员（尤指参加国际比赛的国家队队员）：he was capped ten times by England.
他十次入选英格兰国家队。
- Scottish & NZ confer a university degree on〈苏格兰, 新西兰〉授予…大学学位。
cap（或 〈北美〉 亦作hat）in hand
- humbly asking for a favour谦卑地请求：
we have to go cap in hand begging for funds.
我们不得不低三下四地四处寻求资金。
if the cap（或 〈北美〉 the shoe）fits, wear it
- used as a way of suggesting that someone should accept a generalized remark or criticism as applying to themselves如果说得有理, 就该接受。
set one's cap at（或 〈美〉 for）
- dated (of a woman) try to attract (a particular man) as a suitor〈旧〉（妇女）设法诱使（某男子）成为求婚者。
to cap it all
- as the final unfortunate incident or piece of bad luck in a long series最倒霉（或不幸）的是：
she was on edge, her nerves taut, and to cap it all, she could feel the beginnings of a headache.
她焦躁不安, 神经紧张, 更糟的是, 她感到头开始疼了起来。
capful
noun （pl. -fuls）- Finance short for CAPITALIZATION.【财政】CAPITALIZATION的简称：
as modifier mid-cap companies中等资本化公司
small-cap stocks.
小型资本化股票。