| 单词 | case |
| 释义 | case (once / 15 pages) 1n 2n 3nv 4n 5n 6n 7v A case is a specific instance or example of something. Your teacher might say, "In your case, I think you should go right into the calculus class." A case is one particular situation — and it's also a legal term for a court proceeding, and a medical term for the details of one specific patient. Another kind of case is a bag that holds or covers something, like a laptop case or a cellphone case. When case is a verb, it means "to scope out a location for burglarizing it later." These various meanings come from two Latin roots: casus, "chance or occasion," and capsa, "box." WORD FAMILYcase: cased, caseful, cases, casing, encase, uncase+/casing: casings/encase: encased, encasement, encases, encasing/encasement: encasements/uncase: uncased, uncases, uncasing USAGE EXAMPLESThe doctor may prescribe a steroid cream or, in severe cases, an oral immunosuppressant for the itch. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Leukemia is the most common cancer in children and teens, accounting for almost 1 of every 3 such cases. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “I only tell you in case this is your son and maybe you should speak to him.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an occurrence of something it was a case of bad judgment Syn|Hypo|Hyper example, instance humiliation, mortification an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect bit, piecean instance of some kind clip, timean instance or single occasion for some event happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 2n a specific state of mind that is temporary a case of the jitters Hyper frame of mind, state of mind a temporary psychological state 3n the actual state of things that was not the case Hyper fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred 4n a special set of circumstances 2it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled Syn|Hyper event circumstance a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity 1n a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy Syn|Hypo|Hyper causa, cause, lawsuit, suit civil suit a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant class action, class-action suita lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group countersuita suit brought against someone who has sued you criminal suita lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant moota hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise bastardy proceeding, paternity suita lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined) legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked 2n a problem requiring investigation Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir Hyper problem a question raised for consideration or solution 3n a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument 3he stated his case clearly Hyper argument, statement a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true 1n the housing or outer covering of something the clock has a walnut case Syn|Hypo|Hyper casing, shell boot protective casing for something that resembles a leg gear box, gear case, gearboxthe shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed jacketthe tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition housing a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component 2n the enclosing frame around a door or window opening Syn|Hyper casing framework a structure supporting or containing something 3n a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home Syn|Hypo|Hyper display case, showcase, vitrine trophy case a case in which to display trophies container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 4n an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part Syn|Hypo|Hyper sheath theca outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects loricaa hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) medullary sheath, myelin sheatha layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers neurilemma, neurolemmathin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber huskouter membranous covering of some fruits or seeds cornhuskthe husk of an ear of corn hulldry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut cod, pod, seedcasethe vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) bracta modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence cover, covering, natural covering a natural object that covers or envelops 5n a portable container for carrying several objects the musicians left their instrument cases backstage Hypo|Hyper baggage, luggage cases used to carry belongings when traveling briefcasea case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books cardcasea small case for carrying business cards cigarette casea small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket compact, powder compacta small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse dispatch box, dispatch casecase consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables glasses casea case for carrying spectacles gun casea case for storing a gun kita case for containing a set of articles letter casecase for carrying letters locketa small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace pillboxa small case for holding pills portfolioa large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather quivercase for holding arrows shoe(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time sleevesmall case into which an object fits billfold, notecase, pocketbook, walleta pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money watch casethe metal case in which the works of a watch are housed writing deska portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface attache, attache casea shallow and rectangular briefcase bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling baga portable rectangular container for carrying clothes ditty bagkit used by sailors and soldiers dressing casea small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling hand luggageluggage that is light enough to be carried by hand hatboxa round piece of luggage for carrying hats imperiala piece of luggage carried on top of a coach record cover, record sleevea sleeve for storing a phonograph record satchelluggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap toilet kit, travel kita kit for carrying toilet articles while traveling trunkluggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 6n bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow Syn|Hyper pillow slip, pillowcase, slip bed linen linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) 7n the quantity contained in a case Syn|Hyper caseful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 8v enclose in, or as if in, a case 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper encase, incase pack arrange in a container box, packageput into a box sackput in a sack crateput into a crate; as for protection containerise, containerizepackage in a container bagput into a bag bundle, bundle up, roll upmake into a bundle stowfill by packing tightly close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely 1n a person requiring professional services a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor Hypo|Hyper client a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer patienta person who requires medical care referrala person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group charity case, welfare casea case for a welfare worker alexica person with alexia analysanda person undergoing psychoanalysis arthritica person afflicted with arthritis hypertensivea person who has abnormally high blood pressure hypochondriaca patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments hypotensivea person who has abnormally low blood pressure index casethe earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study inmate, inpatienta patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated outpatienta patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated vaccineea patient who has been vaccinated individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2n a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities Syn|Hyper guinea pig, subject individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3n a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) 5a mental case Syn|Hyper character, eccentric, type adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward 1n a specific size and style of type within a type family Syn|Hypo|Hyper face, font, fount, typeface unicameral script a script with a single case bicameral scripta script having two distinct cases constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter fonta typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) proportional fontany font whose different characters have different widths cartridge font, font cartridgeany font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer Gothic, black lettera heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries bold, bold face, boldfacea typeface with thick heavy lines italica typeface with letters slanting upward to the right raster font, screen fontthe font that is displayed on a computer screen Helvetica, sans serifa typeface in which characters have no serifs Latin alphabet, Roman alphabetthe alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew scripta Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabetan alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages) Arabic alphabetthe alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu) Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern, modern fonta typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes old style, old style fonta typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes roman, roman letters, roman print, roman typea typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions type printed characters 2n (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers 6for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters Syn|Hyper compositor's case, typesetter's case receptacle a container that is used to put or keep things in n nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence 7Syn|Hypo|Hyper grammatical case nominative, nominative case, subject case the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb oblique, oblique caseany grammatical case other than the nominative accusative, accusative case, objective casethe case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb dative, dative casethe category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive casethe case expressing ownership vocative, vocative casethe case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed ablative, ablative casethe case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb grammatical category, syntactic category (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties v look over, usually with the intention to rob They men cased the housed Hyper inspect look over carefully |
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