prank

英 [præŋk]

美 [præŋk]

n.  玩笑; 恶作剧

复数：pranks　现在分词：pranking　过去式：pranked　第三人称单数：pranks　过去分词：pranked　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20340 / COCA.14176

牛津词典

noun

• 玩笑；恶作剧
  a trick that is played on sb as a joke
  1. a childish prank
     幼稚的恶作剧

柯林斯词典

• 恶作剧；玩笑
  Aprankis a childish trick.

英英释义

noun

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  Synonym:anticjoketrickcaperput-on
• acting like a clown or buffoon
  Synonym:buffooneryclowningjaperyfrivolityharlequinade

verb

• dress up showily
  1. He pranked himself out in his best clothes
• dress or decorate showily or gaudily
  1. Roses were pranking the lawn

双语例句

• Come on, it was just a silly camp prank.
  拜托，那只是一个无聊的露营恶作剧。
• It's all just a prank.
  只不过是恶作剧而已。
• Great! A prank call! That's it. We're going to stay in a hotel tonight.
  太好了！一通骚扰电话！够了。我们今晚去住酒店。
• He knew it was a prank?
  他知道那是在恶作剧？
• Later on, we found out that it was one of our friends playing a prank on us.
  后来我们才发现原来那是我们同去的一个朋友在和我们开玩笑呢。
• I thought the prank was pretty funny, and I mentioned it to my father.
  我觉得这恶作剧极好玩，就跟父亲提了此事。
• A schoolboy joke, prank, etc.
  男生的玩笑、恶作剧等。
• I don't think it's a prank, No.
  我可不认为这是恶作剧，不是。
• Someone seems to have pulled a quite serious prank.
  好象有人开了个相当严肃的玩笑。
• If it's a prank, it should be animal blood.
  如果这是恶作剧，那就是动物的血。