caper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkeɪpə/    美 /ˈkeɪpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A playful leap or jump.
  2. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
  3. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
  4. The capercaillie. Scotland
  5. A jump while dancing.
  6. A plant of the genus Capparis.
  7. A prank or practical joke.
  8. Playful behaviour. plural-normally
  9. A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime. figuratively
    — His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?
动词 v.
  1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
    — He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
  2. To jump as part of a dance.
  3. To engage in playful behaviour.

词形变化

capers plural capers present,singular,third-person capering participle,present capered participle,past capered past capers plural capers plural capers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
caper-cutting caper cutting caper merchant capersome cut a caper caperer outcaper bean-caper caperberry caper sauce caper spurge Indian caper
相关词
cab caprine

词源

词源 1
Clipping of capriole.
词源 2
From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Dutch kaperbor.
English caper
Borrowed from Dutch kaper.
词源 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
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