caper

caper1
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]skip or dance about in a lively or playful way
    蹦蹦跳跳，雀跃
    children were capering about the room.
    孩子们在房间里蹦来跳去。
noun
  1. a playful skipping movement
    蹦跳，雀跃
    she did a little caper or dance.
    她蹦跳雀跃了一会儿。
  2. (informal)an activity or escapade, typically one that is illicit or ridiculous
    (非正式)（尤指非法或荒谬的）玩笑，恶作剧
    I'm too old for this kind of caper.
    我太老了，不适合这种玩笑。
    some sort of organized-crime caper.
    有组织犯罪性质的恶作剧。
    ■amusing or far-fetched film or television drama
    （逗笑或夸张的）电影；电视剧
    a cop caper about intergalactic drug dealers.
    一部关于跨银河毒品交易的警匪片。
常用词组
cut a caper
  1. make a playful, skipping movement
    雀跃
派生
caperer
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: abbreviation of capriole
caper2
noun
  1. (一般作 capers)the cooked and pickled flower buds of a bramble-like southern European shrub, used to flavour food
    （烹调腌制的）刺山柑花蕾
  2. the shrub from which these buds are taken
    刺山柑
  3. Capparis spinosa, family Capparidaceae
    拉丁名Capparis spinosa，白花菜科
语源
  1. late Middle English: from French capres or Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis; later interpreted as plural, hence the loss of the final -s in the 16th cent
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