capital/'kæpɪtəl/

n.

➊ an important city of a country or state where its main government is

➋ a letter of the alphabet in its large form that is used at the beginning of sentences and names

➌ money used for producing more wealth or starting a new business

n.

➊ [C] 首都；省会：Washington is the capital of America. 华盛顿是美国的首都。

◇Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province. 杭州是浙江省的省会。

➋ [C] 大写字母：Names always start with capitals. 名字总是以大写字母开头

◇Write in capitals. 用大写字母写。

◇a capital letter 大写字母

➌ [U] 资本：We've put ￡10,000 capital into the project. 我们已经给这个项目投资了1万英镑。

◇foreign capital 外资

构词cap（= head头部）+ ital

同根 cap; captain; chapter

音组-pital/-pɪtəl/

capital; hospital

常犯错误

✗ the capital in Germany

✓ the capital of Germany 德国首都