capaciousness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being capacious. uncountable,usually
    — Capacity is the abstract of capax, receiving or apt to hold ; it is therefore applied to the contents of hollow bodies : capaciousness is the abstract of capacious and is therefore applied to the plane surface comprehended within a given space. hence we speak of the capacity of a vessel; and the capaciousness of a room.

词形变化

capaciousnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English capacious
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English capaciousness
From capacious + -ness.
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