case
- IPA[keɪs]
英式
- a container designed to hold or protect something；the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object
- surround in a material or substance；enclose in a protective container
verb: case, 3rd person present: cases, gerund or present participle: casing, past tense: cased, past participle: cased
noun: case, plural noun: cases
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a container designed to hold or protect something a silver cigarette case 同義詞
- ▪ the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object a seed case 同義詞
- ▪ an item of luggage; a suitcase. 同義詞
- ▪ a box containing twelve bottles of wine or other drink, sold as a unit a case of champagne 同義詞
- 2. each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.
動詞
- 1. surround in a material or substance the towers are of steel cased in granite 同義詞
- ▪ enclose in a protective container he cased his glasses carefully and walked out 同義詞
- 2. informal reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery I was casing the joint 同義詞
