caparison

[US]/kə'pærɪs(ə)n/
[UK]/kə'pærəsn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (裝飾)馬衣,華麗衣服
vt. 覆以馬衣,使穿華服
Word Forms
過去式caparisoned
過去分詞caparisoned
複數caparisons
第三人稱單數caparisons
現在分詞caparisoning

Real-world Examples

I added this saving clause, in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing.

我添加了這個保存條款, 在拒絕四個豐富的資本化課程, 我有瘋狂的駕馭想法的時刻。

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

Every other animal is by nature fully equipped and caparisoned for its work; its tools are ready for use, and it is ready to use them.

而其他的生物則自生來就擁有足夠的裝備和毛皮供自己使用和生存。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

Upon the car, which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus, stood a hideous statue with four arms, the body coloured a dull red, with haggard eyes, dishevelled hair, protruding tongue, and lips tinted with betel.

車子的前面套了四匹蒙着華麗彩披的駝牛。這尊神像有四條胳臂,全身赭紅,披頭散髮,眼露兇光,伸着吊死鬼樣的長舌頭,兩片嘴脣染成了指甲花和茭醬的紅色。她脖子上戴的是骷髏頭穿成的項圈,腰上系的是斷手接成的腰帶。

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Besides, what can be more indelicate than a girl's coming out in the fashionable world? Which, in other words, is to bring to market a marriageable miss, whose person is taken from one public place to another, richly caparisoned.

再說了,還有什麼比一個姑娘出櫃更不雅的呢?換句話說,這就是將一位適婚小姐推向市場,她的人從一個公共場所被帶到另一個公共場所,穿着華麗的衣服。

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

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