the seat of the US Congress in Washington DC 美国国会(位于华盛顿特区) ■(capitol)(US)a building housing a legislative assembly (美)议会大厦 50,000 people marched on New Jersey's state capitol. 五万人朝着新泽西州议会大厦方向行进。
the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome 朱庇特神庙(位于古罗马卡匹托尔山)
语源
from Old French capitolie, capitoile, later assimilated to Latin Capitolium (from caput, capit- 'head')