lark
英 [lɑːk]
美 [lɑːrk]
n. 百灵鸟; 云雀; 嬉戏; 玩乐; 玩笑; (认为)浪费时间的活动; 不受重视的活动
v. 嬉耍; 玩乐（与about连用）; 愚弄
复数：larks 现在分词：larking 过去式：larked 过去分词：larked 第三人称单数：larks
Collins.1 / BNC.11966 / COCA.18477
短语用例
lark about/around
- 傻玩；胡闹；嬉戏
to enjoy yourself by behaving in a silly way
习惯用语
n.
- be/get up with the lark
- 清晨早起；鸡鸣即起
to get out of bed very early in the morning blow/sod that for a lark - （认为太费力而不想干时说）
used by sb who does not want to do sth because it involves too much effort - Sod that for a lark! I'm not doing any more tonight.
拉他妈的倒吧！我今晚再也不做了。
牛津词典
noun
- 百灵鸟；云雀
a small brown bird with a pleasant song - 嬉戏；玩乐；玩笑
a thing that you do for fun or as a joke- The boys didn't mean any harm─they just did it for a lark.
那些男孩并无恶意——他们只是闹着玩罢了。
- The boys didn't mean any harm─they just did it for a lark.
- （认为）浪费时间的活动；不受重视的活动
an activity that you think is a waste of time or that you do not take seriously- Perhaps this riding lark would be more fun than she'd thought.
也许这次骑马的无聊活动比她所想象的要好玩一些。
- Perhaps this riding lark would be more fun than she'd thought.
verb
verb
柯林斯词典
- 百灵鸟；云雀
Alarkis a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound. - N-COUNT （可能带有淘气或危险性质的）玩乐，玩耍，嬉戏
If you say that doing something is alark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous.- The children thought it was a great lark...
孩子们以为这很好玩。 - The chances are that the thief will be under 21 and doing it for a lark...
偷东西的很可能是个不到21岁的年轻人，干这事儿只是贪玩。 - He'd made it seem rather a lark, to be visiting a supposedly haunted house.
他把到一间据说闹鬼的屋子探访说得好像多有意思似的。
- The children thought it was a great lark...
- N-COUNT （用于幽默地表示好笑、愚蠢或多余）演戏这玩意儿/耍笔杆子这一行
You uselarkin expressions such asthis acting larkandthe writing larkto indicate humorously that you think an activity or job is amusing, foolish, or unnecessary.- He got the part, and eventually decided the acting lark wasn't half bad.
他赢得了那个角色，一番考虑后觉得演戏这玩意儿感觉也还不错。
- He got the part, and eventually decided the acting lark wasn't half bad.
英英释义
noun
- any carefree episode
- any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast
verb
- play boisterously
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
双语例句
- How long have you been doing this teaching lark, then?
那么，你干教书这行当有多久了？ - At last the lad decided to adopt it even though he adopted a lark lately.
最终，小伙子决定收养它，尽管他最近才收养了一只百灵鸟。 - I do hearthe morning lark.
我听见了早晨的百灵鸟歌唱。 - He did it only for a lark.
他只是为玩乐而做。 - Lark. it's the name of our boat.
云雀，那是我们船的名字。 - She implored you take back lark.
她恳求你带回百灵。 - What do you think of this civil defence lark?
你对民防这玩意作何想法？ - The lark and the eagle in their flight leave no mark;
飞翔中的百灵鸟和鹰不留下一丝痕迹； - I don't much like this queuing lark.
我可不太喜欢排队的事。 - Then the lark is so brimful of gladness and love.
这时云雀满怀着喜悦和爱。