Canopy



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 蚊帐, 华盖
• ［英］ n. 蚊帐, 华盖 ( a drapery, awning, or other rooflike covering)
• ［记］ 来自canop ( 蚊子) +y -> 蚊帐

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -pies)

• Etymology: Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek kōnōpion, from kōnōps mosquito
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a cloth covering suspended over a bed
  • b. a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object ; baldachin
  • c. a protective covering: as
    • (1) the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest
    • (2) awning, marquee
• 2. an ornamental rooflike structure
• 3.
  • a. the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit
  • b. the fabric part of a parachute that catches the air

II. transitive verb (-pied; -pying)

• Date: 1594
• to cover with or as if with a canopy

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