| 单词 | cavort |
| 释义 | cavort (once / 13555 pages) v How to cavort, in one easy step: dance around all crazy, jumping on and over anything nearby like you just ate a lot of sugar. Give it a try! Cavorting requires a good mood, lots of energy, and some running room. Children love to cavort, and so do parents when they win the lottery. The origins of the word are unclear, perhaps coming from the word curvet, meaning “leap gracefully or energetically,” and leaping is a great addition to any cavorting. There are lots of synonyms, so if you ever get tired of cavorting, you could always prance, frolic, lark, rollick, romp, or carouse. The choice is yours. WORD FAMILYcavort: cavorted, cavorting, cavorts USAGE EXAMPLESPuppies and kitties cavort in front of a “Super Cute Yule Log” to the strains of holiday music in this new special. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) Most American voters become uncomfortable when they see an Abbie Hoffman or Michael Moore cavorting in the streets with the country’s politics. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) He has cavorted, fund-raised and campaigned with them for years, attended their crack-of-dawn donors’ breakfasts and mediated their disputes for the good of the party. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) v play boisterously Syn|Hyper disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport play be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children |
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