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capricious adj.变化无常的；任性的 (1) 他认为她是任性的，很容易对一时的快乐产生厌倦。 You can criticize a fickle-minded person as capricious, but it could just as well describe quickly changing weather, as in "capricious spring storms." It's the adjective form of the noun caprice, which means a sudden change of mood. Caprice might come from capra, the Italian word for "goat" (because goats are frisky), or from capo, "head" + riccio, "hedgehog." Why bring hedgehogs into it? If you have a "hedgehog head," you are so scared that your hair is standing straight on end. A scared person makes sudden starts this way and that, just as a capricious person does.

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英 [kə'prɪʃəs] 美 [kə'prɪʃəs] (1) He judged her to be capricious, and easily weary of the pleasure of the moment. Capricious is an adjective to describe a person or thing that's impulsive and unpredictable, like a bride who suddenly leaves her groom standing at the wedding altar. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]反复无常的；善变的 Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic.工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。...capricious and often brutal leaders.任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人capriciousnessLady racehorse owners have a reputation for capriciousness.赛马的女主人们出了名地性格多变。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]变幻莫测的；变幻无常的 Something that is capricious often changes unexpectedly.   [LITERARY 文]Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics.音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院capriciousnessPat stuck it out, despite the capriciousness and inhospitality of the English weather.尽管英国天气变化无常、十分糟糕，帕特还是挺了过来。

英语单词	capricious
英美音标	英 [kə'prɪʃəs] 美 [kə'prɪʃəs]
中文释义	adj.变化无常的；任性的
英语例句	(1) He judged her to be capricious, and easily weary of the pleasure of the moment.
中文例句	(1) 他认为她是任性的，很容易对一时的快乐产生厌倦。
vocabulary简明	Capricious is an adjective to describe a person or thing that's impulsive and unpredictable, like a bride who suddenly leaves her groom standing at the wedding altar.
vocabulary扩展	You can criticize a fickle-minded person as capricious, but it could just as well describe quickly changing weather, as in "capricious spring storms." It's the adjective form of the noun caprice, which means a sudden change of mood. Caprice might come from capra, the Italian word for "goat" (because goats are frisky), or from capo, "head" + riccio, "hedgehog." Why bring hedgehogs into it? If you have a "hedgehog head," you are so scared that your hair is standing straight on end. A scared person makes sudden starts this way and that, just as a capricious person does.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]反复无常的；善变的 Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly. The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic. 工会指责威尔沙反复无常，不讲民主。 ...capricious and often brutal leaders. 任意妄为且残忍成性的领导人 capriciousness Lady racehorse owners have a reputation for capriciousness. 赛马的女主人们出了名地性格多变。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]变幻莫测的；变幻无常的 Something that is capricious often changes unexpectedly. [LITERARY 文] Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind. 双方一直在为风向飘忽不定而苦恼。 ...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics. 音响效果时好时坏、饱受诟病的剧院 capriciousness Pat stuck it out, despite the capriciousness and inhospitality of the English weather. 尽管英国天气变化无常、十分糟糕，帕特还是挺了过来。

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