| 单词 | cavort |
| 释义 | ca·vort /kəˈvɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ verb [intransitive] JUMPto jump or dance around in a playful or sexual way 欢跃；放荡地嬉戏cavort about/around She cavorted about in the water. 她在水中嬉戏。cavort with The photograph shows him cavorting with two young women. 这张照片上他在和两个年轻姑娘调情。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscavort• There are also pictures of both men cavorting in gauzy loincloths.• Instead, we played some strange game that culminated in cavorting naked in the snow except for boots, underpants and balaclavas.• In the front, on another video screen, three well-built specimens cavorted on the tailgate of a pickup truck.• The driver cavorted round the bus, beaming - no less surprised and pleased than we were.• As so often seemed to be the case, the cavorting sea creatures heralded bad weather.• Annie's husband was pictured in newspapers cavorting with a fashion model.• What was I doing cavorting with boulders in the middle of nowhere?• Their strategy is, near as anybody can tell, to find every female Clinton might possibly have cavorted with.cavort about/around• I had to slap my thigh and cavort around.• No serious attention would be paid to cuisine while his pupils were cavorting around in this outlandish dress parade.Origin cavort (1700-1800) Perhaps from curvet “to dance around” ((16-21 centuries)), from Italian corvettare, from corvetta “jump into the air”, from French courber “to curve”ca·vort verbChineseSyllable a to Corpus playful dance or around in jump |
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