caprice
/kəˈpriːs/noun
1
- a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour(心情, 行为)突然且莫名的改变; 任性:
her caprices had made his life impossible
她的任性令他无法生活
mass noun a land where men were ruled by law and not by caprice.一个人们受法律而非任性统治的地方。
2
- Music another term for CAPRICCID.【乐】同CAPRICCIO.
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian (see CAPRICCIO).