blackcapとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

blackcap (複数形 blackcaps)

1. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete, UK, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, II.4:

     Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [transl. capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.

3. (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
4. (Canada, 米国用法) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]

派生語

• blackcap raspberry
• bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus)
• Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Wilson's blackcap (Wilsonia pusilla)

名詞

Black Cap (複数形 Black Caps)

1. (cricket) A player for the New Zealand national cricket team
   • 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], London:

     New Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling.
     The value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat.