caparison

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
    — And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom.
  2. Gay or rich clothing.
    — What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul!
动词 v.
  1. To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
    — Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse

词形变化

caparisons plural caparisons present,singular,third-person caparisoning participle,present caparisoned participle,past caparisoned past

词源

词源 1
From Middle French caparasson (Modern French caparaçon), from Old Spanish caparazón, from Old Occitan capairon.
词源 2
From Middle French caparasson (Modern French caparaçon), from Old Spanish caparazón, from Old Occitan capairon.
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