英语词汇“caprice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	caprice
释义	ca·price \kəˈprēs also ka-\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Italian capriccio caprice, shiver, from capo head (from Latin caput) + riccio hedgehog, from Latin ericius; basic meaning: head with hair standing on end, hence, horror, shivering, then (after Italian capra goat), whim — more at head, urchin 1. a. : a sudden impulsive apparently unmotivated change of mind : whim, fancy < a gang of unruly children whose caprices may be tolerated — Kenneth Tynan > < she sang a verse of it, merely out of caprice — William Black > b. : any sudden change or series of changes or vicissitudes hard to predict or explain < the large and small caprices of the weather — C.C.Furnas > < between unchanging custom and the legitimate caprice of custom which is fashion — Edward Sapir > 2. : a disposition to change one's mind suddenly, impulsively, or without apparent motive : whimsicality < his owners worked him sorely and with the caprice of Indians alternately … tortured him and treated him as one of themselves — Bernard DeVoto > 3. a. : a fanciful work of art b. : capriccio 3b
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