canopy

noun
🔊/ˈkænəpi/
🔊/ˈkænəpi/
(plural canopies)
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  1. a cover that is fixed or hangs above a bed, seat, etc. as a shelter or decoration(床、座位等上面的)罩篷,遮篷,罩盖
    Topics Houses and homesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glass
    • dense
    • thick
    verb + canopy
    • form
    canopy + noun
    • bed
    preposition
    • beneath a/​the canopy
    • under a/​the canopy
    • canopy of
    See full entry
  2. a layer of something that spreads over an area like a roof, especially branches of trees in a forest顶篷;天篷;(尤指森林里的)林冠,林冠层
    • The canopy of a rainforest is about 10 metres thick.热带雨林的林冠约有 10 米厚。
    • a canopy of leaves叶冠层
    • a glorious canopy of stars灿烂的星空冠层
    • We could see the sky through gaps in the forest canopy.我们可以通过林冠间的缝隙看到天空。
    • The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上方形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
    • a thick canopy of branches芸芸如华盖的树枝
    Topics Plants and treesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glass
    • dense
    • thick
    verb + canopy
    • form
    canopy + noun
    • bed
    preposition
    • beneath a/​the canopy
    • under a/​the canopy
    • canopy of
    See full entry
  3. (especially North American English) a roof that is supported on posts and is sometimes also attached at one side to a building(有时与建筑的一侧相连的)天篷,遮篷
    • a new steel entrance canopy for the building大楼入口处新建的钢质遮篷
    • a fabric canopy to provide shade in the backyard后院遮阳用的织物天篷
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glass
    • dense
    • thick
    verb + canopy
    • form
    canopy + noun
    • bed
    preposition
    • beneath a/​the canopy
    • under a/​the canopy
    • canopy of
    See full entry
  4. a cover for the cockpit of an aircraft(飞机的)座舱盖Topics Transport by airc2
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum ‘ceremonial canopy’, alteration of Latin conopeum ‘mosquito net over a bed’, from Greek kōnōpeion ‘couch with mosquito curtains’, from kōnōps ‘mosquito’.