capacious

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
    — I turnd my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Conſiderd all things viſible in Heav'n
  2. Capable, able. figuratively
    — [T]he fresh brave school-life, so full of games, adventures, and good fellowship, so ready at forgetting, so capacious at enjoying, so bright at forecasting, outweighed a thousandfold their troubles with the master of their form, and the occasional ill-usage of the big boys in the house.

词形变化

more capacious comparative most capacious superlative

词源

From Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious. Displaced native Old English numol.
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