caption

noun
🔊/ˈkæpʃn/
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  1. words that are printed below a picture, cartoon, etc. that explain or describe it (图片、漫画等的)说明文字see also closed-captionedTopics Literature and writingb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCaption is used after these nouns:
    • photo
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘seizing, capture’): from Latin captio(n-), from capere ‘take, seize’. Early senses ‘arrest’ and ‘warrant for arrest’ gave rise to ‘statement of where, when, and by whose authority a warrant was issued’ (late 17th cent.): this was usually attached to a legal document, hence the sense ‘heading or accompanying wording’ (late 18th cent.).

caption

verb
🔊/ˈkæpʃn/
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[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they caption
🔊/ˈkæpʃn/
🔊/ˈkæpʃn/
he / she / it captions
🔊/ˈkæpʃnz/
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past simple captioned
🔊/ˈkæpʃnd/
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past participle captioned
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-ing form captioning
🔊/ˈkæpʃənɪŋ/
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  1. caption something to write a caption for a picture, photograph, etc.给(图片、照片等)加说明文字
    • The cartoon was captioned ‘The English abroad’.该漫画的标题是“海外英语”。
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘seizing, capture’): from Latin captio(n-), from capere ‘take, seize’. Early senses ‘arrest’ and ‘warrant for arrest’ gave rise to ‘statement of where, when, and by whose authority a warrant was issued’ (late 17th cent.): this was usually attached to a legal document, hence the sense ‘heading or accompanying wording’ (late 18th cent.).