单词 | caracole |
释义 | car·a·cole ![]() ![]() n. A half turn to the right or left performed by a horse and rider. intr.v. car·a·coled, car·a·col·ing, car·a·coles To perform a caracole. [French, from Spanish caracol, snail, possibly from Catalan and Occitan caragol, snail (since the custom of eating snails spread from Catalonia and Occitania in the late Middle Ages); akin to regional Occitan cararolo, eggshell, nutshell, and Walloon and Picard caracole, snail, all probably ultimately of expressive origin (imitative of the sound of a hollow shell).] |
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