• n. 任性，反復無常；隨想曲，怪想

來自拉丁詞caper, 山羊。因山羊喜歡踏踏跳跳和突然踢出后腿，因而引申此義。

caprice

caprice: [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog-head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this meant ‘horror, shuddering’, the reference being to the hair of a terror-stricken person standing on end. The word’s present-day meaning ‘whim, fickleness’ seems to be partly due to association with Italian capra ‘goat’, from the animal’s frisky behaviour.
=> urchin

caprice (n.)

"sudden change of mind," 1660s, from French caprice "whim" (16c.), from Italian capriccio "whim," originally "a shivering," possibly from capro "goat," with reference to frisking, from Latin capreolus "wild goat" (see cab). But another theory connects the Italian word with capo "head" + riccio "curl, frizzled," literally "hedgehog" (from Latin ericius). The notion in this case would be of the hair standing on end in horror, hence the person shivering in fear.

1. Don't act on caprice. Study your problem.

不要任性行事, 研究一下自己的問題.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He acted not from reason, but from caprice.

他不是憑理智, 而是憑幻想來行動.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. Her refusal to go to the party is a mere caprice.

她拒絕參加宴會完全是無理由的突發之舉.

來自辭典例句

4. I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice.

他們的無能和任性折磨得我夠受了.

來自辭典例句

5. With a sudden caprice of the wind, the boat was turned over.

船因風向突然改變而傾覆.

來自辭典例句