capstone

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
  2. A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch. figuratively
    — “You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.
动词 v.
  1. To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off. transitive
    — Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict.
  2. To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program. US,informal,transitive
    — “Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.

词形变化

capstones plural capstones present,singular,third-person capstoning participle,present capstoned participle,past capstoned past

词汇关系

近义词
capestane copestone
衍生词
capstone project
相关词
caprock keystone

词源

词源 1
From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone.
词源 2
From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone.
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