| 释义 |
cap /kæp/► SEE ALLgo cap in hand (to sb)if the cap fits (, wear it)a feather in your capput your thinking cap onto top/cap/crown it all
●go cap in ˈhand (to sb) (BrE) (NAmE go hat in ˈhand) beg for sth very respectfully 谦卑地讨要；恭敬地索取◆I’ve run out of money, but I don’t want to go cap in hand to my father.
我没钱了，可是我不想低三下四地问父亲要。●if the cap fits (, wear it) (BrE) (NAmE if the shoe fits (, wear it)) (saying) if a person feels that a critical remark applies to them, then it does 说得对（就接受）；有则改之◆‘There are too many lazy people in this house.’ ‘Including me, I suppose?’ ‘If the cap fits, wear it.’
“这屋里懒人太多了。”“也包括我？”“说得对就接受嘛。”●a ˈfeather in your capan achievement, a success or an honour which you can be proud of （足以自豪的）荣誉，成就◆It’s a real feather in his cap to represent his country in the Olympics.能够代表祖国参加奥运会真是他的骄傲。 OPP a black mark (against sb) ORIGIN This idiom comes from the Native American custom of giving a feather to somebody who had been very brave in battle. 这个习语源于美洲印第安人将羽毛授予英勇作战的人的习俗。●put your ˈthinking cap on (informal) try to solve a problem by thinking hard about it 动脑筋；认真想一想◆Now, how are we going to find this money? Let’s put our thinking caps on.现在，我们怎么才能弄到这笔钱呢？让我们好好想想吧。●to ˌtop/ˌcap/ˌcrown it ˈall (spoken) used to introduce the final piece of information that is worse than the other bad things you have already mentioned 最糟糕的是◆We went to a horrible restaurant. The food was awful, the music was far too loud, and to top it all, the waiter was rude to us.我们去的那家餐馆糟透了。菜又难吃，音乐又吵，最差劲的是，服务员态度恶劣。 |