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caprice 音标拼音: [kəpr'is] n. 反复无常,善变,任性 反复无常,善变,任性 caprice n 1: a sudden desire; " he bought it on an impulse" [ synonym: { caprice}, { impulse}, { whim}] Caprice \ Ca* price"\ ( k[. a]* pr[= e] s"), n. [ F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice ( perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf { Capriole}, { Cab}, { Caper}, v. i.] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. " Caprices of appetite." -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mus.) See { Capriccio}. Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness. [ 1913 Webster]
Capriccio \ Ca* pric" cio\ ( k[. a]* pr[= e] t" ch[- o]), n. [ It. See { Caprice}.] 1. ( Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called { caprice}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for " caprice": arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness, carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank, crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness, fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness, habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot, mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion, peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance, romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick, unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness, whimsy
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