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单词 red-capped
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red-cappedadj.

Brit. /ˈrɛdkapt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌkæpt/
Forms: see red adj. and n. and capped adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., capped adj.
Etymology: < red adj. + capped adj. Compare earlier redcap n., and also red-hatted adj. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a).
1. Chiefly in the names of birds, monkeys, etc.: having red plumage or fur on the crown. See also Compounds.In quot. 1648: having a red top to the head.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > of particular colour
red-headed1556
white-crowned1605
red-capped1648
redhead1738
blue-headed1743
grey-headed1747
black-capped1751
ruby-crowned1758
ruby-headed1811
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides 137 With the Red-capt worme, that's shut Within the concave of a Nut.
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 149 (heading) The red-capped grosbeak.
1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. Pl. 17 The Red-capped Dottrel is universally dispersed over every part of the sea~shores of Australia that I have visited.
1889 Overland Monthly July 86/1 A red-capped, red-throated linnet tilts and poises on another wind-shaken bough.
1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 509 Six..members of the woodpecker family were found about the caves.., among them the two red-capped black and white ones.
1971 Ecol. Monogr. 41 217/1 Red-capped manakins (Pipra mentalis) were by far the most abundant species in the Panama forest study area.
2006 V. Angellis Zoologica 8 (caption) Red-capped mangabeys play around on logs.
2. That wears or is wearing a red cap or hat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a cap > types of
cauled1393
coifed1520
biggined1607
night-capped1607
blue-bonneted1648
black-capped1658
red-capped1663
thrum-capped1708
white-capped1751
fool's-capped1849
calpacked1852
mob-capped1854
pileated1856
bearskinned1857
fezzed1864
tam-o'-shantered1894
cloth-capped1935
1663 J. Howell Poems 21 Spain & Redcapt France a League here strike.
1791 C. Plowden Answer 2nd Blue Bk. 135 Red-capped cardinals and purple-booted prelates [would] rule the provinces of Britain.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 107 The poet is describing a combat between Gama and the red-capped Caffres of Africa.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 64 Sailors in dark blue jerseys, and red capped.
1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius ix. 147 A party of red-capped tars were..swabbing the forward deck.
1947 Mod. Law Rev. 10 302 There is more respect for the blue policeman than there is for his red-capped ally.
1991 Texas Monthly Nov. 207/2 The tiny kitchen here has at least five red-capped cooks chopping and wokking awesomely sized portions.
2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Travel section) 26 Tales of druids and red-capped fairies dancing among the trees.

Compounds

red-capped lark n. a lark with an orange-brown crown, Calandrella cinerea, found chiefly in southern Africa.
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?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 313 The Red-capped Lark... This species inhabits the deserts of Africa.
1957 G. R. McLachlan & R. Liversidge Roberts' Birds S. Afr. 259 Red-capped Lark... In all races the distinct rufous cap and patches at side of breast are diagnostic.
1982 Ecol. Monogr. 52 124/1 The three individual species (Red-capped Lark, Wing-snapping/Zitting Cisticolas, and Rufous-naped Lark)..are apparently responding independently to habitat factors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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