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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++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 Corpus
capaciousThe 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 theater
Origin capacious (1600-1700) Latin capax, from capere; → CAPABLE
ca·pa·cious adjectiveChineseSyllable
lot to contain able a Corpus


capacious
capacious /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ adjective formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: capax, from capere; capable
able to contain a lot:
    a capacious suitcase
—capaciousness noun [uncountable]


cap·aciousBrE /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) having a lot of space to put things in 容量大的;容积大的;宽敞的 SYN roomy capacious pockets能装许多东西的大口袋