Caper

['keɪpə] or ['kepɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a playful leap or hop.

(noun.) a crime (especially a robbery); 'the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis'.

(noun.) pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces.

(noun.) any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.

(verb.) jump about playfully.

整理:伊冯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

(n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.

(n.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.

(n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

(n.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Leap (in a frolicsome mood), hop, skip, jump, bound, romp, gambol, frisk, dance.

n. Leap (in a frolicsome mood), skip, hop, spring, bound, gambol, romp, prank, freak.

斐迪南整理

解釋/意思:

n. the pickled flower-bud of the caper-shrub much grown in Sicily. It has an agreeable pungency of taste with a slight bitterness and is much used in sauces along with boiled mutton &c.—n. Cā′per-tea a black tea with a knotty curled leaf.

v.i. to leap or skip like a goat: to dance in a frolicsome manner.—n. a leap: a prank.—n. Cā′perer a dancer.—To cut a caper to dance or act fantastically.

編輯:耶鲁