capriole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
  2. A leap or caper, as in dancing.
    — With lofty turns and caprioles.
动词 v.
  1. To leap; to caper. intransitive
  2. To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole. transitive
    — Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.

词形变化

caprioles plural caprioles present,singular,third-person caprioling participle,present caprioled participle,past caprioled past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.
词源 2
Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.
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