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caper v./n. 雀跃，欢蹦 caper (v.) 1580s, apparently short for obsolete capriole "to leap, skip," probably from Italian capriolare "jump in the air" (see cab). Related: Capered; capering.caper (n.1) type of prickly Mediterranean bush, also in reference to the plant's edible buds, late 14c., from Latin capparis (source of Italian cappero, French câpre, German Kaper), from Greek kapparis "the caper plant or its fruit," of uncertain origin. Arabic kabbar, Persian kabar are from Greek. Perhaps reborrowed into English 16c. The final -s was mistaken for a plural inflection in English and dropped.caper (n.2) by 1590s, "playful leap or jump," from caper (v.); meaning "prank" is from 1840; that of "crime" is from 1926. To cut capers "dance in a frolicsome way" is from c.1600. 【记】cap + er (玩)扔帽子的人,(美国西点军校生毕业经典场面)欢呼跳跃中无数帽子飞上天空.

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['keipə] 【英】 v./ n. 雀跃，欢蹦(a gay, playful jump or leap)【例】 The lambs were capering in the fields. v. /n. 欢呼雀跃 = jump = leap【例】cut a caper upon nothing 被绞死. (很形象)【记】中间有ape(n 猩猩)－喜欢欢呼雀跃cape海角, er表示人: 到了天涯海角的人肯定会欢呼雀跃.

单词	caper
音标	['keipə]
解释	v./n. 雀跃，欢蹦
红宝书	【英】 v./ n. 雀跃，欢蹦(a gay, playful jump or leap) 【例】 The lambs were capering in the fields.
字源	caper (v.) 1580s, apparently short for obsolete capriole "to leap, skip," probably from Italian capriolare "jump in the air" (see cab). Related: Capered; capering. caper (n.1) type of prickly Mediterranean bush, also in reference to the plant's edible buds, late 14c., from Latin capparis (source of Italian cappero, French câpre, German Kaper), from Greek kapparis "the caper plant or its fruit," of uncertain origin. Arabic kabbar, Persian kabar are from Greek. Perhaps reborrowed into English 16c. The final -s was mistaken for a plural inflection in English and dropped. caper (n.2) by 1590s, "playful leap or jump," from caper (v.); meaning "prank" is from 1840; that of "crime" is from 1926. To cut capers "dance in a frolicsome way" is from c.1600.
不择手段背单词	v. /n. 欢呼雀跃 = jump = leap 【例】cut a caper upon nothing 被绞死. (很形象) 【记】中间有ape(n 猩猩)－喜欢欢呼雀跃cape海角, er表示人: 到了天涯海角的人肯定会欢呼雀跃.
趣味全助记	【记】cap + er (玩)扔帽子的人,(美国西点军校生毕业经典场面)欢呼跳跃中无数帽子飞上天空.

Caper Jump Italian English Leap Keipə V./N 雀跃，欢蹦