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单词 canopy
释义
canopycan‧o‧py /ˈkænəpi/ noun (plural canopies) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcanopy
Origin:
1300-1400 Medieval Latin canopeum ‘mosquito net’, from Greek konopion, from konops ‘mosquito’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a canopy over the patio
  • The tops of the trees in the rain forest are called the canopy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In the tipping, he saw the headlights of a car pulling up under the canopy out front.
  • It was cool under the canopy and there was less light than Rostov had expected.
  • Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tiny village square.
  • One sensed that the canopy had been wasted slowly by the powers of fungus and leaf mould.
  • Powers popped his canopy, loosened his harness and was ejected by the centrifugal force.
  • The road was overhung with a pretty dense canopy.
  • This model of the canopy consists of a number of infinitely extended horizontal canopy layers.
  • Underneath the tree canopy of luminescent green there are flowers everywhere.
word sets
WORD SETS
antique, nounarm, nounarmchair, nounback, nounbeanbag, nounbed, nounbedhead, nounbedpost, nounbedstead, nounbookcase, nounbookshelf, nounbuffet, nounbunk, nounbureau, nouncanopy, nouncard table, nouncarrycot, nouncart, nouncatchall, nounchair, nounchaise longue, nounchesterfield, nounchest of drawers, nouncoat rack, nouncoatstand, nouncoffee table, nouncommode, nouncot, nouncouch, nouncounter, nouncupboard, noundeckchair, noundesk, noundining table, noundivan, noundouble bed, noundrawer, noundresser, noundustsheet, nouneasy chair, nounescritoire, nounfireguard, nounfirescreen, nounfitment, nounfitted, adjectivefloor lamp, nounfoldaway, adjectivefolding, adjectivefootrest, nounfootstool, nounfour-poster bed, nounfuton, nounGeorgian, adjectivegramophone, noungrandfather clock, noungrate, nounhat stand, nounheadboard, nounheadrest, nounhighboy, nounhighchair, nounhorsehair, nounhot tub, nounhutch, nounJacuzzi, nounlamp, nounlampshade, nounlawn chair, nounleg, nounlooking glass, nounlove seat, nounmattress, nounnightlight, nounnightstand, nounoccasional table, nounottoman, nounpadded, adjectivepedestal, nounpouffe, nounradiogram, nounrocker, nounrocking chair, nounrococo, adjectiveseat, nounsettee, nounshelf, nounshelving, nounsideboard, nounslipcover, nounsofa, nounsofa bed, nounsprung, adjectivestand, nounstandard lamp, nounstool, nounstuffing, nounsuite, nounswivel chair, nountable, nountallboy, nountea chest, nounthree-piece suite, nounthrone, nountwin bed, noununit, nounupholster, verbupholstery, nounveneer, nounveneered, adjectivewardrobe, nounwashstand, nounwaterbed, nounWelsh dresser, nounwindow seat, nounwork-surface, nounwriting desk, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=the area at the top of the trees)· He could see the sky through the gaps in the forest canopy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Gibbons communicate and hold territories by means of loud hooting voices that carry through and over the forest canopy.· As the arms race wore on, the average height of trees in the forest canopy went up.· Voice over Charles will be flying just forty feet above the rain forest canopy, at night.· They live mostly on the forest canopy and have white fur crash helmets with black faces and black ears peeping out.· Keols, invisible in the forest canopy, were calling to each other in their incessant woody voices.· We want to get an idea of what's going on in the rain forest canopy.· Second, in the forest canopy it was no longer an advantage to live in large groups.· This takes place mainly up in the forest canopy, and so is almost impossible to film from the ground.
1a cover made of cloth that is fixed above a bed, seat etc as a decoration or as a shelter2the leaves and branches of trees, that make a kind of roof in a forest:  the forest canopy3literary something that spreads above you like a roof:  a canopy of twinkling starscanopied adjective
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