canopy

canopy
(pl. -ies)
  1. an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed
    （尤指宝座或床上面的）华盖；罩篷；床罩
    ■(figurative)something hanging or perceived as hanging over a person or scene
    (喻)（人或景色上方的）笼罩物
    the canopy of twinkling stars. .
    闪烁群星的天穹。
    ■(Architecture)a roof-like projection or shelter
    (建筑)挑篷，顶篷
    they mounted the station steps under the concrete canopy.
    他们登上水泥挑篷下的车站台阶。
    ■the transparent plastic or glass cover of an aircraft's cockpit
    （飞机的）座舱盖
    ■the expanding, umbrella-like part of a parachute, made of silk or nylon
    降落伞的丝质（或尼龙）伞衣，伞盖
    ■[in sing.]the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage
    树冠层
    woolly monkeys spend hours every day sitting high in the canopy.
    毛猴每天都在树冠层高高地坐上几个小时。
(-ies, -ied)
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. canopied]cover or provide with a canopy
    用顶篷遮盖
    a canopied bed.
    一张有床罩的床。
    the river was canopied by overhanging trees.
    这条河被垂树给罩住了。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from medieval Latin canopeum 'ceremonial canopy', alteration of Latin conopeum 'mosquito net over a bed', from Greek kōnōpeion 'couch with mosquito curtains', from kōnōps 'mosquito'
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