caprice
/kuh-prees/US // kəˈpris //UK // (kəˈpriːs) //
任性,任情,任性的,任意妄为
Related Words
whim心血来潮,突发奇想,灵感,突发事件freak怪胎,怪人,怪异,怪咖crotchet钩针,钩编,钩画,钩住whimsy奇思妙想,异想天开,奇想,奇思异想fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的peculiarity特异性,独特之处,特殊性,独特的地方rib肋骨,罗纹,肋,棱镜caper掳掠,掳掠者,斗鸡场,掳人humor幽默,幽默感,幽默风趣,幽默的mood心情,心境,心态,心绪vein脉络,静脉,血管,脉inconsistency矛盾的地方,不一致,矛盾性,矛盾contrariety反差,矛盾,矛盾性,对比性jerk混蛋,抽搐,抽搐的人,混混quirk诡异,诡计多端,诡辩,诡秘perversity变态,色情,变态性,颠倒是非impulse冲动,冲力,脉冲,冲动的gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号fad时尚,时尚潮流,风尚,风气vagary流言蜚语,变幻莫测,变幻无常,飘忽不定
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- : a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness: With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
- : Music. capriccio.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
The entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.
Now and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.
All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.
Level 3Browse all words →