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/ˈkæpʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkæpʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkap-shən/ (ame, mw) · /ˈkæp.ʃən/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkæp.ʃən/ (ame, ipa)
caption — 名詞
1. a few printed words placed beneath or beside a photograph, drawing, or diagram f
圖片說明
照片、圖畫下方的文字說明
a few printed words placed beneath or beside a photograph, drawing, or diagram found on a page or screen, which tell the viewer who or what is in the image or what is happening.
The newspaper printed a photo of the mayor with a brief caption underneath.
報紙刊登了一張市長的照片，下方附有簡短的圖片說明。
collocation: 'a brief caption underneath'
Priya read the caption under the old family photograph and recognised her grandmother.
Priya 看了那張老全家福照片下方的文字說明，認出了自己的祖母。
collocation: 'caption under [noun]'
Each diagram in the science textbook has a caption that explains how the experiment works.
這本自然課本裡的每張圖表都附有說明文字，解釋實驗的運作方式。
Without the wedding photo caption, Aiko's friends would not have known the couple's names.
如果那張婚紗照下方沒有圖片說明，Aiko 的朋友們就不會知道那對新人的名字。
- description
broader term; a caption is one type of description, but description can be much longer
- label
shorter and more functional than a caption; often a single word or short phrase
- legend
can refer to an explanatory caption, but more commonly means a map key or a traditional story
文法句型
caption + of + noun phrase
under + a/the + caption
用法筆記
Often appears in the fixed phrase 'under the caption' when referring to the location of the text relative to the image. You read or look at a caption; you do not normally 'listen' to one.
常見錯誤
caption — 動詞
1. to add a line or two of written words under or beside a photograph, drawing, or
加文字說明
為圖片配上說明文字
to add a line or two of written words under or beside a photograph, drawing, or diagram in a book, magazine, or article, so that the reader understands who or what the image shows.
The editor asked Tomás to caption the award photos before the magazine went out.
編輯請 Tomás 在雜誌付印之前，為頒獎典禮的照片加上文字說明。
pattern: 'caption + [noun phrase]' with direct object
Wildlife photos are often captioned with the animal's name and the place of the shot.
野生動物照片通常會加上文字說明，標註動物名稱和拍攝地點。
passive: 'be captioned with [text]'
Yusuf spent the afternoon captioning old family pictures for the reunion slideshow.
Yusuf 花了整個下午為團圓投影片中的老照片配上文字說明。
The newspaper captioned the front-page image simply with the words 'Hope after the storm.'
這家報社為頭版照片加上了簡單的文字說明，只有一句『風雨過後的希望』。
文法句型
caption + a/the + [image noun]
be captioned + [with text]
caption + noun + as + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly used in the passive voice (e.g. 'The photo was captioned with…') especially in publishing contexts where the caption writer is not the subject of the sentence. The object must be an image or illustration — you cannot caption a person or an object directly.