n.

1. 首都；首府；省会[C]
   Dublin is the capital of Ireland.

   都柏林是爱尔兰的首都。

2. （某种工业，活动等集中的）重要都市[C]
3. 资本；本钱[U][S1]
   The corporation has enough capital to build another factory.

   这家公司有足够的资金来兴建另一家工厂。

4. 大写字母[C]
5. 资本家，资方[U]

a.

1. 可处死刑的；致命的[B]
   There is no capital punishment in some countries.

   有些国家没有死刑。

2. 大写字母的[B][反义词：lower case小写]
   Proper nouns are spelled with a capital letter.

   专有名词用大写字母。

3. 资本的[B]
4. 首位的；重要的，基本的[B]
5. 【口】顶好的，第一流的
   He came up with a capital idea.

   他想出了一个绝妙的主意。

n.

1. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative centre.
   ▸a place particularly associated with a specified activity:

   the fashion capital of the world.
2. wealth owned by a person or organization or invested, lent, or borrowed.
   ▸the excess of a company's assets over its liabilities.
3. a capital letter.

adj.

1. (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty.
2. (of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
3. informal, dated excellent.

n.