capital 音标拼音: [k'æpətəl] [k'æpɪtəl]
n . 资本,资金,资方;首都,首府,中心;大写字母
a . 主要的,资本的,大写的
资本,资金,资方;首都,首府,中心;大写字母主要的,资本的,大写的
capital 资本
capital adj 1 :
first -
rate ; "
a capital fellow "; "
a capital idea "
2 :
of primary importance ; "
our capital concern was to avoid defeat "
3 :
uppercase ; "
capital A "; "
great A "; "
many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script " [
synonym : {
capital }, {
great },
{
majuscule }]
n 1 :
assets available for use in the production of further assets [
synonym : {
capital }, {
working capital }]
2 :
wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value 3 :
a seat of government 4 :
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis ; "
printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases ;
capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper -
case letters " [
synonym : {
capital }, {
capital letter }, {
uppercase },
{
upper -
case letter }, {
majuscule }] [
ant : {
lower -
case letter },
{
lowercase }, {
minuscule }, {
small letter }]
5 :
a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product ; "
the crime capital of Italy "; "
the drug capital of Columbia "
6 :
the federal government of the United States [
synonym : {
Capital },
{
Washington }]
7 :
a book written by Karl Marx (
1867 )
describing his economic theories [
synonym : {
Das Kapital }, {
Capital }]
8 :
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature [
synonym : {
capital }, {
chapiter }, {
cap }]
Capital \
Cap "
i *
tal \,
a . [
F .
capital ,
L .
capitalis capital (
in senses 1 &
2 ),
fr .
caput head .
See {
Chief },
and cf .
{
Capital },
n .]
1 .
Of or pertaining to the head . [
Obs .]
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Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain . --
Milton .
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2 .
Having reference to ,
or involving ,
the forfeiture of the head or life ;
affecting life ;
punishable with death ;
as ,
capital trials ;
capital punishment .
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Many crimes that are capital among us . --
Swift .
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To put to death a capital offender . --
Milton .
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3 .
First in importance ;
chief ;
principal .
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A capital article in religion --
Atterbury .
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Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity .
--
I .
Taylor .
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4 .
Chief ,
in a political sense ,
as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation ;
as ,
Washington and Paris are capital cities .
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5 .
Of first rate quality ;
excellent ;
as ,
a capital speech or song . [
Colloq .]
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{
Capital letter } [
F ,
lettre capitale ] (
Print .),
a leading or heading letter ,
used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words ,
distinguished ,
for the most part ,
both by different form and larger size ,
from the small (
lower -
case )
letters ,
which form the greater part of common print or writing .
{
Small capital letters }
have the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower -
case letters .
{
Capital stock },
money ,
property ,
or stock invested in any business ,
or the enterprise of any corporation or institution . --
Abbott .
Syn :
Chief ;
leading ;
controlling ;
prominent .
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capital \
cap "
i *
tal \ (
k [
a ^]
p "[
i ^]*
tal ),
n . [
Cf .
L .
capitellum and capitulum ,
a small head ,
the head ,
top ,
or capital of a column ,
dim .
of caput head ;
F .
chapiteau ,
OF .
capitel .
See {
chief },
and cf . {
cattle }, {
chattel }, {
chapiter }, {
chapter }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
The head or uppermost member of a column ,
pilaster ,
etc .
It consists generally of three parts ,
abacus ,
bell (
or vase ),
and necking .
See these terms ,
and {
Column }.
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2 . [
Cf .
F .
capilate ,
fem .,
sc .
ville .] (
Geog .)
The seat of government ;
the chief city or town in a country ;
a metropolis . "
A busy and splendid capital " --
Macauly .
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3 . [
Cf .
F .
capital .]
Money ,
property ,
or stock employed in trade ,
manufactures ,
etc .;
the sum invested or lent ,
as distinguished from the income or interest .
See {
Capital stock },
under {
Capital },
a .
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4 . (
Polit .
Econ .)
That portion of the produce of industry ,
which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production . --
M '
Culloch .
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Note :
When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital .
The capital of a civilized community includes {
fixed capital } (
i .
e .
buildings ,
machines ,
and roads used in the course of production and exchange )
and {
circulating capital } (
i .
e .,
food ,
fuel ,
money ,
etc .,
spent in the course of production and exchange ). --
T .
Raleigh .
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5 .
Anything which can be used to increase one '
s power or influence .
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He tried to make capital out of his rival '
s discomfiture . --
London Times .
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6 . (
Fort .)
An imaginary line dividing a bastion ,
ravelin ,
or other work ,
into two equal parts .
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7 .
A chapter ,
or section ,
of a book . [
Obs .]
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Holy St .
Bernard hath said in the 59th capital .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
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8 . (
Print .)
See {
Capital letter },
under {
Capital },
a .
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{
Active capital }.
See under {
Active },
{
Small capital } (
Print .),
a small capital letter ;
informally referred to (
in the plural )
as {
small caps };
as ,
the technical terms are listed in {
small caps }.
See under {
Capital },
a .
{
To live on one '
s capital },
to consume one '
s capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it .
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268 Moby Thesaurus words for "
capital ":
Grade A ,
abecedarian ,
ability ,
acmatic ,
advantageous ,
all -
absorbing ,
allographic ,
alphabetic ,
apical ,
arch ,
art center ,
ascender ,
assets ,
auspicious ,
available means ,
back ,
balance ,
banner ,
basic ,
bastard type ,
beard ,
belly ,
beneficial ,
benevolent ,
bevel ,
black letter ,
body ,
bon ,
bonny ,
bracket capital ,
braw ,
bueno ,
cap ,
capacity ,
capital city ,
capital gains distribution ,
capital goods ,
capital structure ,
capitalization ,
cardinal ,
case ,
cash ,
central ,
champion ,
chief ,
choice ,
circulating capital ,
cock ,
cogent ,
commendable ,
consummate ,
controlling ,
cornice ,
corpus ,
counter ,
county seat ,
county site ,
county town ,
crown ,
crowning ,
dandy ,
descender ,
devices ,
disposable resources ,
dominant ,
elegant ,
em ,
en ,
equity capital ,
essential ,
estimable ,
excellent ,
expedient ,
extraordinary ,
face ,
fair ,
famous ,
fat -
faced type ,
favorable ,
feet ,
finances ,
financial ,
fine ,
first ,
first -
class ,
first -
rate ,
first -
string ,
fiscal ,
fixed capital ,
flagrant ,
floating capital ,
focal ,
font ,
foremost ,
fund ,
fundamental ,
funds ,
garment center ,
glaring ,
good ,
goodly ,
grand ,
graphemic ,
great ,
grist ,
groove ,
gross ,
head ,
headmost ,
healthy ,
hegemonic ,
helpful ,
highest ,
holdings ,
ideographic ,
important ,
initial ,
italic ,
kind ,
laudable ,
leading ,
letter ,
lettered ,
lexigraphic ,
ligature ,
liquid assets ,
literal ,
logogrammatic ,
logographic ,
logotype ,
lower case ,
lower -
case ,
magisterial ,
main ,
major ,
majuscule ,
manufacturing center ,
master ,
matchless ,
maximal ,
maximum ,
mean ,
means ,
medical center ,
meridian ,
meridional ,
method ,
metropolis ,
minuscular ,
minuscule ,
monetary ,
money ,
moneyed capital ,
nice ,
nick ,
noble ,
number one ,
numismatic ,
nummary ,
outstanding ,
overmost ,
overriding ,
overruling ,
paramount ,
pecuniary ,
peerless ,
pi ,
pica ,
pictographic ,
pleasant ,
point ,
power ,
predominant ,
preeminent ,
premier ,
preponderant ,
prevailing ,
primal ,
primary ,
prime ,
principal ,
print ,
profitable ,
property ,
railroad center ,
rank ,
ranking ,
recourses ,
regal ,
resorts ,
resource ,
resources ,
ripping ,
roman ,
royal ,
ruling ,
sans serif ,
savings ,
script ,
seat ,
seat of government ,
select ,
shank ,
shipping center ,
shire town ,
shopping center ,
shoulder ,
skillful ,
small cap ,
small capital ,
smashing ,
sound ,
sovereign ,
splendid ,
stamp ,
star ,
stellar ,
stem ,
sterling ,
stock ,
summital ,
sumptuary ,
super ,
superb ,
supereminent ,
superior ,
supply ,
supreme ,
tip -
top ,
top ,
top -
hole ,
top -
notch ,
topflight ,
topmost ,
topping ,
tourist center ,
trade center ,
transliterated ,
type ,
type body ,
type class ,
type lice ,
typecase ,
typeface ,
typefounders ,
typefoundry ,
ultimate ,
uncial ,
underlying ,
upmost ,
upper case ,
upper -
case ,
uppermost ,
urban center ,
useful ,
valid ,
venture capital ,
vertical ,
very good ,
virtuous ,
vital ,
ways ,
ways and means ,
wealth ,
wherewith ,
wherewithal ,
working capital ,
zenithal CAPITAL ,
political economy ,
commerce .
In political economy ,
it is that portion of the produce of a country ,
which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production .
2 .
In commerce ,
as applied to individuals ,
it is those objects ,
whether consisting of money or other property ,
which a merchant ,
trader ,
or other person adventures in an undertaking ,
or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership .
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1458 .
3 .
It signifies money put out at interest .
4 .
The fund of a trading company or corporation is also called capital ,
but in this sense the word stock is generally added to it ;
thus we say the capital stock of the Bank of North America .
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