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单词 capriole
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cap•ri•ole  (kaprē ōl′),USA pronunciation n., v., -oled, -ol•ing. 
n. 
  1. a caper or leap.
  2. Sport[Manège.]a movement in which the horse jumps up with its forelegs well drawn in, kicks out with its hind legs in a horizontal position in the air, and then lands again on the same spot.

v.i. 
  1. Sportto execute a capriole.
  • Latin capreolus, equivalent. to capre(a) roe deer (derivative of caper male goat; compare caper1) + -olus -ole1
  • Italian capriola, noun, nominal derivative of capriolare to leap, caper, verb, verbal derivative of capri(u)olo roebuck
  • Middle French
  • 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
capriole /ˈkæprɪˌəʊl/ n
  1. a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
vb
  1. (intransitive) to perform a capriole
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus, caper goat
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