canopy.
棚顶,天幕,篷顶,篷房
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n.noun · 名词
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plural can·o·pies.
- ›a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- ›an overhanging projection or covering, as a long canvas awning stretching from the doorway of a building to a curb.
- ›an ornamental, rooflike projection or covering.
- ›Also called crown canopy, crown cover. the cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest.
- ›the sky.
- ›the part of a parachute that opens up and fills with air, usually made of nylon or silk.
- ›the transparent cover over the cockpit of an airplane.
v.verb · 有主动词
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can·o·pied, can·o·py·ing.
- ›to cover with or as with a canopy: Branches canopied the road.
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Cox also included leaf area index in the study, which is a measure plant canopy coverage used to estimate the productivity of flora.
Under the canopy of old-growth forests, everything is dying, being taken apart at the molecular level—but at the same time, it is being reborn.
The park has a thick and lush hardwood canopy that goes full Technicolor in October, attracting thousands of leaf peepers looking for Instagram gold.
Day-hike a section of the Pacific Crest Trail, or paddle around one of several nearby lakes, including the neighboring Howard Prairie Lake, before retiring to the claw-foot tub set under a canopy of boughs.
As little as two centuries ago, the northern edge of the island of Borneo, home to Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was covered in a verdant canopy that stretched, uninterrupted, from shore to shore.
But the leaves and branches – the canopy it effectively creates -- is made up of solar panels.
Smoke rises above the canopy as gentle chanting rumbles across the jungle floor.
In Georgia, MARTA (the Metropolitan Atlantic Rapid Transit Authority) built a huge solar canopy at its bus depot in Decatur.
Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.