caprice

英 [k?'pri?s] 美[k?'pris]

TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?caprices;

caprice：可不累死。GF的任性和變化無常真是讓人累死——突如其來的念頭，任性。

【記法】分解為：cap（帽子）＋rice（米）?
【聯(lián)想】用帽子裝大米想法顯然就是個怪想法

caprice 反復(fù)無常

來自拉丁詞caper, 山羊。因山羊喜歡踏踏跳跳和突然踢出后腿，因而引申此義。

caprice: caprice: [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog-head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this meant ‘horror, shuddering’, the reference being to the hair of a terror-stricken person standing on end. The word’s present-day meaning ‘whim, fickleness’ seems to be partly due to association with Italian capra ‘goat’, from the animal’s frisky behaviour.
=> urchin
caprice (n.): "sudden change of mind," 1660s, from French caprice "whim" (16c.), from Italian capriccio "whim," originally "a shivering," possibly from capro "goat," with reference to frisking, from Latin capreolus "wild goat" (see cab). But another theory connects the Italian word with capo "head" + riccio "curl, frizzled," literally "hedgehog" (from Latin ericius). The notion in this case would be of the hair standing on end in horror, hence the person shivering in fear.

3. Her refusal to go to the party is a mere caprice.: 她拒絕參加宴會完全是無理由的突發(fā)之舉.

4. I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice.: 他們的無能和任性折磨得我夠受了.

5. With a sudden caprice of the wind, the boat was turned over.: 船因風(fēng)向突然改變而傾覆.