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

caper1

/ˈkeɪpə

verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]

Skip or dance about in a lively or playful way: children were capering about the room...

I see you have Lindo still capering along behind you everywhere you go.
He capered and cavorted growing louder by the moment, so that it was a fair bit before the French player's quiet protestations could be heard.
Whatever, it set the howler monkeys capering in their giddiest branches, and jabbering almost as much as Jack.

Synonyms

skip, dance, romp, jig, frisk, gambol, cavort, prance, frolic, leap, hop, jump, bound, spring

rare curvet, rollick, capriole

noun

1A playful skipping movement: she did a little caper or dance...

Frankie did a little caper around the back of the van, on all fours like a demented monkey.
Rupert leaps into the crowd, has a caper around the room and still manages not to miss a beat.
Sienna grabs onto Taranian's shoulder in a bout of joy, and does a caper around her friend, laughing in a barely sane manner.

Synonyms

dance, skip, hop, leap, jump

rare curvet, gambado, gambade

2 informal An illicit or ridiculous activity or escapade: I’m too old for this kind of caper...

If he escapes, it will be a trick worthy of the swimming-pool caper.
Tim Gillin writes about the latest caper of Australia's ‘multicultural’ bureaucrats.
The New York Times report cleverly tries to insinuate that the caper involved currency speculation, but the truth is more interesting.

Synonyms

escapade, stunt, prank, trick, practical joke, antics, high jinks, mischief, game, sport, fun, jest, jesting, jape

informal shenanigans, lark, skylarking

British informal monkey tricks, monkey business

North American informal dido

2.1A light-hearted, far-fetched film, especially about crime: a cop caper about intergalactic drug dealers...

This is the task facing Steven Soderbergh and co, as they bring you the sequel to their crime caper, Ocean's 12.
Just don't expect a ‘post-modern’ crime caper in the Quentin Tarantino vein.
Rockwell, too, is no slouch in the cool stakes, having already teamed up with George Clooney for crime capers, Welcome to Collinwood and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Phrases

cut a caper

Derivatives

caperer

/ˈkeɪpərə

/ noun ...

Kingsley is not much of a caperer, and the few scenes of physical merriment seem strained.
But from the moment the two little caperers cross the stage to stand at the edge of two small rectangles of light that have appeared on the floor, ‘Rhythm Plus’ is built around walking.
Many a time has Captain Katzenjammer, famed obese comic-strip caperer, deceived his frau by making a balloon facsimile of himself, painting his vapid likeness on it, stuffing it into bed.

Origin

Late 16th century: abbreviation of capriole.

Two frisky animals are behind the word caper. It was adapted from capriole, a movement performed in riding in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs. Its origin was Italian capriola ‘leap’, based on Latin caper ‘goat’. Members of the Victorian underworld seem to have been the first to use the word in the sense ‘an illicit or ridiculous activity’. In an 1867 edition of the London Herald a policeman is quoted as saying: ‘He'll get five years penal for this little caper.’ Edible capers are something quite different—the word comes from Greek kapparis. See also cab

Rhymes

caper2

/ˈkeɪpə

noun

1 (usually capers) The cooked and pickled flower bud of a bramble-like southern European shrub, used to flavour food: add capers and olives...

They go well with the strong Mediterranean flavours of anchovy, garlic, capers, extra virgin olive oil, rosemary and oregano, and Greek cheeses such as feta and halloumi.
Add garlic, capers and cayenne pepper and sauté for two minutes.
In a large frying pan, combine the olive oil, diced salmon, lemon zest, capers, parsley, sea salt and pepper and cook gently until the salmon changes colour.

2The shrub from which capers are taken.

Capparis spinosa, family Capparidaceae.

Avinoam Danin, a botanist from Hebrew University of Jerusalem claims he has identified pollen from the tumbleweed Gundelia tournefortii and a bean caper on the shroud....

They lay their eggs on plants in the caper family, like the wild passion fruit bush.
A caper is a biennial spiny shrub that bears a fleshy rounded leaves and big white/pink flowers

Origin

Late Middle English: from French câpres or Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis; later interpreted as plural, hence the loss of the final -s in the 16th century.

单词	caper
释义	caper1 /ˈkeɪpə / verb [no object, with adverbial of direction] Skip or dance about in a lively or playful way: children were capering about the room... I see you have Lindo still capering along behind you everywhere you go. He capered and cavorted growing louder by the moment, so that it was a fair bit before the French player's quiet protestations could be heard. Whatever, it set the howler monkeys capering in their giddiest branches, and jabbering almost as much as Jack. Synonyms skip, dance, romp, jig, frisk, gambol, cavort, prance, frolic, leap, hop, jump, bound, spring rare curvet, rollick, capriole noun 1A playful skipping movement: she did a little caper or dance... Frankie did a little caper around the back of the van, on all fours like a demented monkey. Rupert leaps into the crowd, has a caper around the room and still manages not to miss a beat. Sienna grabs onto Taranian's shoulder in a bout of joy, and does a caper around her friend, laughing in a barely sane manner. Synonyms dance, skip, hop, leap, jump rare curvet, gambado, gambade 2 informal An illicit or ridiculous activity or escapade: I’m too old for this kind of caper... If he escapes, it will be a trick worthy of the swimming-pool caper. Tim Gillin writes about the latest caper of Australia's ‘multicultural’ bureaucrats. The New York Times report cleverly tries to insinuate that the caper involved currency speculation, but the truth is more interesting. Synonyms escapade, stunt, prank, trick, practical joke, antics, high jinks, mischief, game, sport, fun, jest, jesting, jape informal shenanigans, lark, skylarking British informal monkey tricks, monkey business North American informal dido 2.1A light-hearted, far-fetched film, especially about crime: a cop caper about intergalactic drug dealers... This is the task facing Steven Soderbergh and co, as they bring you the sequel to their crime caper, Ocean's 12. Just don't expect a ‘post-modern’ crime caper in the Quentin Tarantino vein. Rockwell, too, is no slouch in the cool stakes, having already teamed up with George Clooney for crime capers, Welcome to Collinwood and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Phrases cut a caper Derivatives caperer /ˈkeɪpərə / noun ... Kingsley is not much of a caperer, and the few scenes of physical merriment seem strained. But from the moment the two little caperers cross the stage to stand at the edge of two small rectangles of light that have appeared on the floor, ‘Rhythm Plus’ is built around walking. Many a time has Captain Katzenjammer, famed obese comic-strip caperer, deceived his frau by making a balloon facsimile of himself, painting his vapid likeness on it, stuffing it into bed. Origin Late 16th century: abbreviation of capriole. Two frisky animals are behind the word caper. It was adapted from capriole, a movement performed in riding in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with its hind legs. Its origin was Italian capriola ‘leap’, based on Latin caper ‘goat’. Members of the Victorian underworld seem to have been the first to use the word in the sense ‘an illicit or ridiculous activity’. In an 1867 edition of the London Herald a policeman is quoted as saying: ‘He'll get five years penal for this little caper.’ Edible capers are something quite different—the word comes from Greek kapparis. See also cab Rhymes draper, escaper, gaper, paper, scraper, shaper, taper, vapour (US vapor) caper2 /ˈkeɪpə / noun 1 (usually capers) The cooked and pickled flower bud of a bramble-like southern European shrub, used to flavour food: add capers and olives... They go well with the strong Mediterranean flavours of anchovy, garlic, capers, extra virgin olive oil, rosemary and oregano, and Greek cheeses such as feta and halloumi. Add garlic, capers and cayenne pepper and sauté for two minutes. In a large frying pan, combine the olive oil, diced salmon, lemon zest, capers, parsley, sea salt and pepper and cook gently until the salmon changes colour. 2The shrub from which capers are taken. Capparis spinosa, family Capparidaceae. Avinoam Danin, a botanist from Hebrew University of Jerusalem claims he has identified pollen from the tumbleweed Gundelia tournefortii and a bean caper on the shroud.... They lay their eggs on plants in the caper family, like the wild passion fruit bush. A caper is a biennial spiny shrub that bears a fleshy rounded leaves and big white/pink flowers Origin Late Middle English: from French câpres or Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis; later interpreted as plural, hence the loss of the final -s in the 16th century.
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