【capstone】 - AEAS备考词汇

capstone

UK:  ['kæpstəʊn]

US:  ['kæpstəʊn]

复数：capstones  

n.

1.顶部;顶点

2.拱顶石;顶(层)石

3.海胆化石

4.钳入残裂缝顶端的岩石楔子

5.盖顶石

6.压顶石

1 . "It's been an incredible opportunity for me and really the capstone of all that I've been able to do in high school, " Boisvert says.
他说：“这对我是一次极好的机会，也是我高中所有课程的中心。”

2 . Swimming around the capstone, which Brown thought might have been lapis lazuli, he discovered an entrance and decided to explore inside.
在顶石周围游来游去，布朗认为是天青石，他发现一个入口而决定探究里面。

3 . Car production takes a tremendous amount of capital, notes Carter Driscoll, a senior alternative energy analyst with Capstone Investments.
来自Capstone投资公司的替代性能源高级分析师卡特尔•德瑞斯克尔表示，汽车生产需要巨额资金。

4 . The final two terms are taken up with an in-company project, followed by a series of electives and capstone courses before exams.
最后的两个学期采用的是公司内部的项目，随后就是一系列的选修课和考试前的顶峰课程。

5 . The expectation was that dating, as with courtship, would ultimately lead to a relationship, the capstone of which was marriage.
而其中的期望便是约会，作为一种求爱的行动，将最终带来一段恋爱，而其顶峰便是婚姻。