prank

英 [præŋk] 美 [præŋk]

• n. 开玩笑；恶作剧；戏谑
• v. 盛装；装饰；打扮

英英释义

Noun:

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

2. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

Verb:

1. dress or decorate showily or gaudily;

   "Roses were pranking the lawn"
   

2. dress up showily;

   "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. Can you imagine Sir Alex Ferguson attempting a disruptive prank like this?
   你能想象弗爵爷以这种打断采访的形式来和球员开玩笑么？
3. He was the goat of their vicious prank.
   他成为他们恶作剧的对象。
4. My older sister put me up to making a prank telephone call.
   是我姐姐怂恿我打这个恶作剧电话的。

经典引文

• Still a boy at heart in his sense of fun and enjoyment of family pranks.

  出自： K. M. E. Murray

• Amid great trees..pranked with blue and russet wings.

  出自： E. Blunden

• Laurie Lee's book..is pranked out with countless small pleasures of light and colour.

  出自：Times

• He may..prank with the young 'uns while the crops go to naught.

  出自：Virginia Quarterly Review

• He laughed, just to let everybody know he was pranking.

  出自： H. Hornsby

词汇搭配

• online prank 【电脑】网路恶作剧...

近反义词

【近义词】

• trick 诡计
• joke 笑话
• antic 古怪、滑稽的动作和行为...
• caper 跳跃
• mischief 淘气
• caprice 反复无常
• whim 一时的兴致
• practical joke 恶作剧
• hoax 欺骗
• lark 云雀
• wind-up 结局
• harlequinade 滑稽表演
• put-on 做作的
• buffoonery 滑稽可笑的举动...
• japery jape的名词形式...
• clowning 扮小丑
• frivolity 轻浮