English Dictionary

caprice

IPA（発音記号）

/kəˈpɹiːs/

名詞

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. / A brief romance. / An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. / A disposition to be impulsive.

日本語の意味

衝動的な行動や突発的な思いつき、気まぐれな決断 / 一時的な恋愛 / 予測しにくい、または突然の状態や変化 / 衝動性、気まぐれな性質

Acting on a caprice, she booked a one-way ticket to Iceland and left the next morning.

彼女は気まぐれで片道切符を買い、翌朝出発した。

意味（1）

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

Though more thoughtful than Madame de Mercœur, yet it asked far more knowledge of society—that wilderness of small intricacies—for her to penetrate into the motives of those who seemed so suddenly struck with her fascination; but she was too clear-headed to be deceived, and set it all down under one general belief in caprice.

意味（2）

A brief romance.

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that a caprice lasts a little longer.

意味（3）

An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

After that we cast off all allegiance to immediate, tangible, and time-touched things, and entered a fantastic world of hushed unreality in which the narrow, ribbon-like road rose and fell and curved with an almost sentient and purposeful caprice amidst the tenantless green peaks and half-deserted valleys

意味（4）

A disposition to be impulsive.

Yet, Britain, vvhence this Caprice of thy Sons, / VVhich thro' their various ranks vvith fury runs? / The cauſe is plain, a cauſe vvhich vve muſt bleſs; / For Caprice is the Daughter of Succeſs, […]

意味（5）

(music) A capriccio.

caprices （ plural ）