| 单词 | captious |
| 释义 | captious[ kap-shuhs ] / ˈkæp ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR captious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveapt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument: captious questions. Origin of captious1350–1400; Middle English capcious<Latin captiōsus sophistical, equivalent to capti(ō) a taking, hence, sophism (see caption) + -ōsus-ous SYNONYMS FOR captious1 carping, nitpicking, niggling, picky, testy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR captious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM captiousWords nearby captiouscaptain's mast, captains of industry, captan, CAPTCHA, caption, captious, captivate, captive, captive audience, captive market, captivity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for captiousBritish Dictionary definitions for captiouscaptious / (ˈkæpʃəs) / adjectiveapt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping Derived forms of captiouscaptiously, adverbcaptiousness, nounWord Origin for captiousC14 (meaning: catching in error): from Latin captiōsus, from captiō a seizing; see caption Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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