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ca·pa·cious /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ adjective formal BIGable to contain a lot 容量大的 a capacious suitcase 容量很大的手提箱 —capaciousness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuscapacious• The coat was capacious, a home to guns, and the boots were home to knives.• The rugged and capacious airframe offers plenty of scope for civilian operators.• The van was capacious and he decided to fill up the space with a couple of sacks of fuel.• With what amazement and pleasure we talked and laughed and wept as we flooded that capacious boulevard.• From this pseudo-grandeur, a curving stairway ascends to eight capacious galleries.• It demands long leg bones, powerful muscles, capacious lungs.• The front door of the capacious old mansion stood open.• I give him the keyring which he glances at briefly before putting it in the capacious pocket of his rough shirt.• a capacious theaterOrigin capacious (1600-1700) Latin capax, from capere; → CAPABLEca·pa·cious adjectiveChineseSyllable lot to contain able a Corpus |