escapade

• n. 越軌行為；惡作劇

來自escape, 逃跑。用於心理詞義，即背後捉弄人，惡做劇。

escapade (n.)

1650s, "an escape from confinement," from French escapade (16c.) "a prank or trick," from Spanish escapada "a prank, flight, an escape," noun use of fem. past participle of escapar "to escape," from Vulgar Latin *excappare (see escape (v.)). Or perhaps the French word is via Italian scappata, from scappare, from the same Vulgar Latin source. Figurative sense (1814) implies a "breaking loose" from rules or restraints on behavior.

1. Isabel's latest romantic escapade

伊莎貝爾最新的浪漫鬧劇

來自《權威詞典》

2. The whole school knew every detail of this made escapade.

全校對這場瘋狂的惡作劇的全部細節知道得一清二楚.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. I never attached any serious importance to this escapade.

我從來沒有對這個逃亡事件怎麽重視.

來自辭典例句

4. Nor could she devour them by any escapade of a less legitimate description.

她也不能通過任何不大合法的自由放蕩行為來吞沒他們.

來自辭典例句

5. He undressed with excessive caution, and fell asleep congratulating himself that nobody knew of his escapade.

他非常小心地脫了衣服,心裏慶幸這次偷著出去沒有人知道, 很快地睡著了.

來自辭典例句