Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 22
Carpophyte (n.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Carpospore (n.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
Carpi (n. pl. ) of Carpus
Carpus (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
Carrack (n.) See Carack.
Carrageen (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen
Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.
Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
Carraway (n.) See Caraway.
Carrel (n.) See Quarrel, an arrow.
Carrel (n.) Same as 4th Carol.
Carriable (a.) Capable of being carried.
Carriage (n.) 四輪馬車 [C]；【英】（火車）客車廂 [C] That which is carried; burden; baggage.
Carriage (n.) The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
Carriage (n.) The price or expense of carrying.
Carriage (n.) That which carries of conveys,
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
Carriage (n.) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
Carriage (n.) The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
Carriage (n.) The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
Carriage (n.) (Vehicle) (C2) [ C ] （尤指舊時的）四輪馬車 A vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses and was used mainly in the past.
// A horse-drawn carriage.
Carriage (n.) (Vehicle) (C1) [ C ] (UK) (UK also coach,) (US car) （火車）車廂 Any of the separate parts of a train in which the passengers sit.
// A railway carriage.
Carriage (n.) (Transporting) [ U ] UK (The cost of) 貨運；運費 Transporting goods.
// That will be £150, carriage included.
Carriage (n.) (Body movement) [ U ] (Formal) 儀態；姿態 The way in which a person moves or keeps their body when they are standing, sitting, or walking.
Carriageable (a.) Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.
Carriboo (n.) See Caribou.
Carrick (n.) A carack. See Carack.
Carrier (n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) 搬運人，運送人；運輸工具 A person or thing that carries something.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) 航空公司 A company that operates aircraft.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) （用作構詞成分，尤用於表示軍事運輸工具的短語中）運載工具 Used as a combining form, especially in phrases that refer to military vehicles of a type that carry other vehicles or groups of soldiers.
// An armoured troop-carrier.
// A freight carrier.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) (Informal for) 航空母艦 Aircraft carrier.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Bag) (UK also carrier bag) (US shopping bag) 購物袋 A large plastic or paper bag with handles, used to carry things that you have bought, especially one given to you in a shop.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Spread) 帶菌者；病毒攜帶者；帶原者 Someone who does not suffer from a disease but has the infection or genetic fault that causes it and can give the disease to someone else.
// There are an estimated 1.5 million HIV carriers in the country.
Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Carrol (n.) See 4th Carol.
Carrom (n.) See Carom.
Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
Carrot (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
Carrot (n.) (Vegetable) (A2) [ C or U ] 胡蘿蔔 A long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable.
Carrot (n.) (Reward) (C2) [ C ] (Informal) （為鼓勵而給的）好處，甜頭，獎賞 Something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something.
Idiom:
Carrot and stick胡蘿蔔加大棒（政策）；軟硬兼施，威逼利誘，恩威並重 A system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others.
// Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.
Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
Carrow (n.) A strolling gamester.
Carried (imp. & p. p.) of Carry
Carrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carry
Carry (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
Carry (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
Carry (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
Carry (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
Carry (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
Carry (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
Carries (n. pl. ) of Carry
Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
Carry (v.) (Transport) (A1) [ I or T ] 運送；搬；載 To hold something or someone with your hands, arms, or on your back and transport it, him, or her from one place to another.
// Would you like me to carry your bag for you?
// She carried her tired child upstairs to bed.
// These books are too heavy for me to carry.
// We only had a small suitcase, so we were able to carry it onto the plane.
// Robson injured his leg in the second half of the match and had to be carried off.
// Thieves broke the shop window and carried off (= removed) jewellery worth thousands of pounds.
Carry (v.) (Transport) (A1) (B2) [ I or T ] 運送；搬；載 To move someone or something from one place to another.
// The bus that was involved in the accident was carrying children to school.
// The Brooklyn Bridge carries traffic across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
// Police think that the body was carried down the river (= was transported by the flow of the river).
// Underground cables carry electricity to all parts of the city.
// Rubbish left on the beach during the day is carried away (= removed) at night by the tide.
Carry (v.) (Have with you) (B1) [ T ] 攜帶，帶有，帶著 To have something with you all the time.
// Police officers in Britain do not usually carry guns.
// (Figurative) He will carry the memory of the accident with him (= will remember the accident) forever.
Carry (v.) (Hhave) (C2) [ T ] 帶有，具有；包含；導致 To have something as a part, quality, or result.
// All cigarette packets carry a government health warning.
// Our cars carry a twelve-month guarantee.
// His speech carried so much conviction that I had to agree with him.
// In some countries, murder carries the death penalty.
// I'm afraid my opinion doesn't carry any weight with (= influence) my boss.
// (US) The salesclerk said they didn't carry (= have a supply of) sportswear.
Carry (v.) (Spread) (C1) [ T ] 傳播 To take something from one person or thing and give it to another person or thing.
Malaria is a disease carried by mosquitoes.
Carry (v.) (Support weight) (C2) [ T ] 支撐；承載 To support the weight of something without moving or breaking.
// The weight of the cathedral roof is carried by two rows of pillars.
Carry (v.) (Keep in operation) [ T ] 支持；支撐；使成功 To support, keep in operation, or make a success
// We can no longer afford to carry people who don't work as hard as they should.
// Luckily they had a very strong actor in the main part and he managed to carry the whole play (= make a success of it through his own performance).
Carry (v.) (Win) [ T ] 獲得（支持、同意或同情） To win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people.
// The bosses' plans to reorganize the company won't succeed unless they can carry the workforce with them.
Carry (v.) (Approve) [ T usually passive ] （尤指透過投票）通過 To give approval, especially by voting.
The motion/ proposal /resolution/ bill was carried by 210 votes to 160.
Carry (v.) (Broadcast) [ T ] (of a newspaper or radio or television broadcast) （報紙、廣播或電視）刊登，播出 To contain particular information.
// This morning's newspapers all carry the same story on their front page.
Carry (v.) (Reach) [ I ] 達到；傳到 To be able to reach or travel a particular distance.
// The sound of the explosion carried for miles.
// The ball carried high into the air and landed the other side of the fence.
Carry (v.) (Develop) [ T usually + adv/ prep ] 發展；繼續 To develop or continue something.
// Lenin carried Marx's ideas a stage further by putting them into practice.
// If we carry this argument to its logical conclusion, we realize that further investment is not a good idea.
// She carries tidiness to extremes/to its limits (= she is too tidy).
// We must end here, but we can carry today's discussion forward at our next meeting.
// He always carries his jokes too far (= he continues making jokes when he should have stopped).
Carry (v.) (Move body) Carry yourself 舉止 To move your body in a particular way.
// You can tell she's a dancer from the way that she carries herself.
Carry (v.) (Mathematics) [ T ] （加法運算）使進位 To put a number into another column when doing addition.
Carry (v.) (Be pregnant with) [ T ] 懷孕；懷胎 To be pregnant with a child.
// It was quite a shock to learn that she was carrying twins.
// I was enormous when I was carrying Josh.
Idiom:
Carry a torch for sb
Carry the can
Phrasal verb:
Carry sb away
Carry sth forward/over
Carry sth off
Carry (sth) on
Carry on
Carry sth out
Carry sth over
Carry (sth) over
Carry sb through (sth)
Carry sth through
Carryall (n.) A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
Carrying (n.) The act or business of transporting from one place to another.
Carryk (n.) A carack.
Carrytale (n.) A talebearer.
Carse (n.) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Ph[oe]bus' cart." -- Shak.
Cart (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Packing all his goods in one poor cart. -- Dryden.
Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Cart horse, A horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
Cart rope, A stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope.
To put the cart before the horse, To get the cart before the horse, or To set the cart before the horse, To invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
Carted (imp. & p. p.) of Cart
Carting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cart
Cart (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.
Cart (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
She chuckled when a bawd was carted. -- Prior.
Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Cart (n.) A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
Cart (n.) Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries" [syn: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart].
Cart (v.) Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag].
Cart (v.) Transport something in a cart.
Cart, () A vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, _'agalah_ (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the ark and its sacred utensils (Num. 7:3, 6). After retaining the ark amongst them for seven months, the Philistines sent it back to the Israelites. On this occasion they set it in a new cart, probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that still used in Western Asia, which was drawn by two milch cows, which conveyed it straight to Beth-shemesh.
A "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is used (Isa. 5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See CORD.) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.
Cartage (n.) The act of carrying in a cart.
Cartage (n.) The price paid for carting.
Cartbote (n.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
Carte (n.) Bill of fare.
Carte (n.) Short for Carte de visite.
Carte (n.) Alt. of Quarte
Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.
Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
Cartes de visite (pl. ) of Carte de visite
Carte de visite () A visiting card.
Carte de visite () A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
Cartel (n.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.
Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Cartel (v. t.) To defy or challenge.
Carter (n.) A charioteer.
Carter (n.) A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
Carter (n.) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman
Carter (n.) A British fish; the whiff.
Cartesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.
Cartesian (n.) An adherent of Descartes.
Cartesianism (n.) The philosophy of Descartes.
Carthaginian (a.) Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.
Carthaginian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
Carthamin (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
Carthusian (n.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
Carthusian (a.) Pertaining to the Carthusian.
Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Cartilagineous (a.) See Cartilaginous.
Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.