capacious 英 [kəˈpeɪʃəs]   美 [kəˈpeʃəs]

capacious

capacious  英 [kəˈpeɪʃəs] 美 [kəˈpeʃəs]

adj. 宽敞的;广阔的;容积大的 

The mind is capacious. Much mental and emotional ability can survive mere memory loss, as do other qualities that make us human. 人有着广阔的大脑空间。情感与精神的力量可以弥补记忆衰退。除了记忆,人类还有许多别的本领。
Even more remarkably, he says he could still do it: his memory is not only extraordinarily capacious, it also retains everything. 更令人称奇的是,他说他到现在还能背出来:他的记忆不仅容量巨大,而且过目不忘。

  • When something is really big and holds a lot it is capacious, like a woman's capacious purse that is so big, people mistake it for a piece of luggage.
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  • adj. 宽敞的;广阔的;容积大的
  • 1. The mind is capacious. Much mental and emotional ability can survive mere memory loss, as do other qualities that make us human.

    人有着广阔的大脑空间。情感与精神的力量可以弥补记忆衰退。除了记忆,人类还有许多别的本领。

  • 2. Even more remarkably, he says he could still do it: his memory is not only extraordinarily capacious, it also retains everything.

    更令人称奇的是,他说他到现在还能背出来:他的记忆不仅容量巨大,而且过目不忘。

  • 3. Such a place was the Grotto, where Brissenden and he lounged in capacious leather chairs and drank Scotch and soda.

    “洞窟酒吧”就是这样一个地方,布里森登和他此刻就躺在“洞窟”的大皮椅上喝着威士忌苏打。

  • capacious (adj.) 1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp") + -ous. The original English sense is obsolete; modern meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously; capaciousness.
cap·acious / kəˈpeɪʃəs ; NAmE kəˈpeɪʃəs / adjective ( formal) having a lot of space to put things in 容量大的;容积大的;宽敞的 SYN roomy capacious pockets 能装许多东西的大口袋 cap·acious / kəˈpeɪʃəs ; NAmE kəˈpeɪʃəs /
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