escapade

名词 escapade:

1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
   同义词：adventure, risky venture, dangerous undertaking
2. any carefree episode
   同义词：lark

1. It is said that Juno one day, perceiving the skies suddenly overcast, surmised that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some escapade.
   据说有一天朱诺看到天空突然乌云密布，就料想这一定是她丈夫兴起一团云来遮盖自己的放荡勾当。
2. He felt more like laughing at the child's escapade than scolding him, but, solemn as an owl, he got through the necessary reprimand.
   那孩子的恶作剧与其说让他责骂，倒不如说让他啼笑皆非，然而，他还是起来进行了必要的惩戒。

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n.（名词）
An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.
越轨行为，胡作非为：冒险的、不合乎传统的行为或约定

来源：
French [a trick, an escape]
法语 [恶作剧，脱逃]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Spanish escapada from escapar [to escape]
源自 古西班牙语 escapada 源自 escapar [逃脱]
or from Old Italian scappata from scappare [to escape]
或源自 古意大利语 scappata 源自 scappare [摆脱羁绊]
both from Vulgar Latin *excapp3re [to escape] * see escape
都源自 俗拉丁语 *excapp3re [漏出，逸出] *参见 escape