English-Thai Dictionary

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N คำบรรยาย ใต้ ภาพ  kam-ban-yai-tai-phab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPTION

n. 1. The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.
2. A certificate signed by commissioners in Chancery, declaring when and where the commission was executed.
3. A preamble.
4. In Scots law, a writ issued at the instance of a creditor, commanding an officer to take and imprison the debtor, till he pays the debt.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPTION

Cap "tion, n. Etym: [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4,perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious. ]

 

1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs. ] This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. Bacon.

 

2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc. , which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton.

 

4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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cap tion |ˈkapSHən ˈkæpʃən | ▶noun a title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster. • a piece of text appearing on a movie or television screen as part of a movie or broadcast. • Law the heading of a legal document. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be captioned ) provide (an illustration ) with a title or explanation: the drawings were captioned with humorous texts | [ with two objs. ] : the photograph was captioned “Three little maids.” ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘seizing, capture ’): from Latin caption-, from capere ‘take, seize. ’ Early senses ‘arrest ’ and ‘warrant for arrest ’ gave rise to ‘statement of where, when, and by whose authority a warrant was issued ’ (late 17th cent. ): this was usually appended to a legal document, hence the sense ‘heading or appended wording ’ (late 18th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

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cap |tion |ˈkapʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a title or brief explanation accompanying an illustration, cartoon, or poster. • a piece of text appearing on a cinema or television screen as part of a film or broadcast. • Law the heading of a legal document. ▶verb [ with obj. ] provide (an illustration ) with a title or explanation: [ with two objs ] : the photograph was captioned ‘Three little maids ’. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘seizing, capture ’): from Latin captio (n- ), from capere ‘take, seize ’. Early senses ‘arrest ’ and ‘warrant for arrest ’ gave rise to ‘statement of where, when, and by whose authority a warrant was issued ’ (late 17th cent. ): this was usually appended to a legal document, hence the sense ‘heading or accompanying wording ’ (late 18th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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caption noun the captions are written in German: title, heading, wording, head, legend, subtitle; rubric, slogan.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

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caption noun he designed a series of posters with the caption ‘No one is innocent ’: title, heading, wording, head, legend, inscription, explanation, description, rubric, label, motto, slogan.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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cap tion /kǽpʃ (ə )n /〖「捕らえること 」＞「逮捕状 」＞「見出し 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (写真 イラストなどの )説明文 , キャプション .2 (映画などの )字幕 , スーパー (subtitle ) (!「スーパー 」はsuperimposed titleから ) .3 (本の章 節 ページの )表題 (title ); (新聞記事などの )見出し (heading ).4 〘法 〙(法律文書の )頭書 （とうしよ ） 〘作成の場所 日時 権限などを示す冒頭の記述 〙.動詞 他動詞 〖～ A (B )〗A 〈写真など 〉に (Bと )説明文 [キャプション, 字幕, 見出し ]を付ける (!しばしば受け身で ) .