单词 | caption |
释义 | captionn. 1. a. Taking, catching, seizure, capture. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] fenga1250 catchingc1325 takingc1350 caption1382 capture1541 catcha1586 talons1586 capturing1800 collaring1834 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 12 Beestes, kyndeli in to capcioun [L. in captionem], or takinge. 1680 Sess. Admir. 18 Feb. in Beawes Lex Mercat. 238 A caption in order to an adjudication. 1689 Treaty in N. Magens Ess. Insurances (1755) II. 455 Ships present at the Caption. 1813 Monthly Mag. 36 14 To handle is to exercise the instrument of caption. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 16/1 (advt.) Mineral water..an improved method of caption, by which dilution is avoided. b. Law. Arrest or apprehension by judicial process. (esp. in Scottish law.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] attachmenta1325 arresting1424 arrest1440 arrestment1474 restc1500 attach1508 attaching1515 deprehension1527 prehension1534 apprehending1563 apprehension1577 cog-shoulder1604 caption1609 deprension1654 nap1655 arrestation1792 body-snatching1840 shoulder-tap1842 collar1865 fall1883 nicking1883 cop1886 pinch1900 pickup1908 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table, 70 The forme of the breive of caption of ane debtour. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 35 Letters of Caption sent forth against the said Prebend. 1702 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. iii. x. 434 The last step..is called a caption, which is a warrant to seize the debtor's person. 1739 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 391 Ye Day and Cause of his Caption and Detention. 1829 W. Scott Rob Roy (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xxxviii Sentenced by letters of horning and caption. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 47 310 The caption of some of the most violent appeased the riot. 2. The action of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism. (Latin captio.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] cavillation138. hafting1519 brabbling1532 brabblementa1563 chicanery1589 caption1605 illaqueation1605 argutation1641 chicane1681 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > instance of cavillation1532 cavil1570 brabble1581 caption1605 snatcha1616 chicane1639 chicanery1683 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Oo3 The degenerate and corrupt is vse for Caption and Contradiction. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie Introd. sig. Bv Not to spend more time in answering so vain a caption. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 84 How causelesse is the Caption of the Papists at the Consecration of Matthew Parker. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 174 He..shewing them the Proclamation, asked if they could find any Caption to be made upon it. 1922 Public Opinion 14 July 36/1 Genius like hers stands above envy and caption. 3. Law. ‘That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority it is taken, found, or executed’ (Tomlins Law Dict. 1809). This appears to be short for ‘certificate or note of caption or taking’; and it is sometimes used for the ‘making or execution’ of this certificate. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause > note of time, place, court, etc. caption1670 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. s.v. (caption) When a Commission is executed, and the Commissioners names subscribed to a Certificate, declaring when and where the Commission was executed, that is called the Caption. 1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 131 The time from which they are bound: whether from the caption or from the inrolment of the recognizance. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 69 Unless the..caption of any fine, be before one of the justices or barons. 1885 J. Woodcock in Law Times 79 233/1 A customary tenant..must attend before the steward to be sworn to the caption. 4. The heading of a chapter, section, or newspaper article (chiefly used in U.S.). Also used (originally U.S.) for the title below an illustration; in cinematography and television, a sub-title. Also attributive and in other combinations.Sense 3 is sometimes explained as ‘the beginning or heading of a warrant, commission, or indictment’: hence this sense. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > chapter or section heading titlea1387 rubrishc1405 rubricc1425 caption1848 chapter-heading1876 drophead1956 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading head1560 lemma1616 heading1754 capitular1846 capitulary1846 caption1848 subtitle1907 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading epigraph1633 under-title1687 subhead1744 side head1822 catchword1833 side heading1836 subject line1836 subheading1842 catchline1845 subject heading1853 cut-line1883 box head1899 caption1923 overline1923 underline1924 strap1960 strap-line1960 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] > accompanying text on screen subtitle1909 title1909 title card1921 caption1923 intertitle1939 society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > titles or captions title1905 caption1924 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] > accompanying text on screen > sub-title caption1924 subtitle1931 1789 J. Madison Writ. (1904) V. 355 You will see in the caption of the address that we have pruned the ordinary stile of the degrading appendages of Excellency, Esqrs. &c. 1821 Massachusetts Spy 24 Oct. [The statute] is under the caption of ‘Fees in the Secretary's office’. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Caption, this legal term is used in the newspapers where an Englishman would say title, head, or heading. 1854 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 9 245/1 [A review] having three works as the caption of the article. 1865 A. B. Grosart Mem. H. Palmer Introd. 21 Prof. De Morgan..delighting the readers of the Athenæum with the treasures of his..reading, under the caption, ‘A Budget of Paradoxes’. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 111 A short article..in..this journal under the caption ‘Galvanic Music’. 1894 H. Frederic Copperhead 83 Spreading eagles in front, over the printed captions. 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill ii. 43 The caption says of Vida Sommers: ‘Her love has turned to hate.’ 1920 Glasgow Herald 23 July 7 The Speaker said that this part of the bill—the caption, he believed was its proper title—was not submitted to the House. 1923 Yorks. Post 17 Dec. 6/8 A continuous alternation of pictures and those pieces of text that are, one believes, known as captions. 1924 D. McCarthy Drama (1940) 360 It is true that the expression on a film actor's face may occasionally suggest that he, or she, is saying something worth hearing, but the audience cannot supply it from their imaginations; neither can ‘the caption’ writer. 1936 Punch 10 June 654/2 The film The Emperor's Candlesticks..is in German, and..those who do not know German..have to collect the sense through captions in our own tongue. 1938 L. M. Harrod Librarians' Gloss. 54 Cut line, matter appearing below an illustration. More often called a ‘caption’. 1964 T. Rattigan Heart to Heart in Coll. Plays III. 426 In on David. Super his caption. 1964 T. Rattigan Heart to Heart in Coll. Plays III. 426 Take out caption. Cue David. 1968 Listener 20 June 814/2 I have seen one of these pictures used in a Chinese magazine over the caption ‘US aggressor flees’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). captionv. transitive. To provide with a caption, heading, or title; to entitle. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with heading or subheading head1779 subhead1870 caption1901 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > appearance of printed matter [verb (transitive)] > furnish with heading head1779 subhead1870 caption1901 1901 Science 22 Nov. 808 An effective poem..captioned ‘The Song of the Innuit’. 1912 J. London Son of Sun vii. ii It means the feathers of the sun. Thus does this base interloper caption himself. 1927 Observer 27 Nov. 14/5 [His] article captioned ‘Cecil Sharp’. Derivatives ˈcaptioning n. ΚΠ 1957 Listener 12 Dec. 1001/2 The captioning sometimes strays awkwardly on to the picture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1382v.1901 |
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