词汇 | canopy |
释义 | canopy, Plants Furniturecan·o·py /ˈkænəpi/ noun (plural canopies) [countableC] 1. DHFa cover made of cloth that is fixed above a bed, seat etc as a decoration or as a shelter 〔床、座位等的〕顶罩,罩篷,华盖 2 the leaves and branches of trees, that make a kind of roof in a forest 〔树林中的〕天篷状的树荫,树冠 the forest canopy 森林的树冠层 3 literaryCOVER something that spreads above you like a roof 天篷状的笼罩物 a canopy of twinkling stars 满天闪烁的星斗 —canopied adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus canopy• Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tiny village square.• a canopy over the patio• The road was overhung with a pretty dense canopy.• Powers popped his canopy, loosened his harness and was ejected by the centrifugal force.• The tops of the trees in the rain forest are called the canopy.• This model of the canopy consists of a number of infinitely extended horizontal canopy layers.• One sensed that the canopy had been wasted slowly by the powers of fungus and leaf mould.• It was cool under the canopy and there was less light than Rostov had expected.• In the tipping, he saw the headlights of a car pulling up under the canopy out front.• Underneath the tree canopy of luminescent green there are flowers everywhere. (1300-1400) Medieval Latin canopeum “mosquito net”, from Greek konopion, from konops “mosquito” |
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