| 释义 |
▪ I. larking, vbl. n.1|ˈlɑːkɪŋ|
[f. lark v.1 + -ing1.]
The action or process of catching larks. attrib. in larking-glass, a machine with mirrors, used to attract larks to the net.
1826S. R. Jackson in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 118 Persons go out with what is called a larking glass.
▪ II. larking, vbl. n.2 colloq.|ˈlɑːkɪŋ|
[f. lark v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of lark v.2; fun, frolic.
1813P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 68 Much as larking was in force, there had been no spree to top this. 1825Beddoes Let. 19 July in Poems p. xlvii, Two Oxford men, professors of genteel larking. 1838Lady Granville Lett. 14 July, He..like me, shuns actual practical larking.
▪ III. larking, ppl. a. colloq.|ˈlɑːkɪŋ|
[f. lark v.2 + -ing2.]
That larks; frolicsome, sportive.
1828J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) I. 182, I have learned to leap..which is a larking thing for a don. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs x, The ‘larking’ or raffish Military Snob. 1889‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms (1890) 330 Maddie was in one of her larking humours.
Hence ˈlarkingly adv.
1896H. W. Wolf in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 204 Larkingly engaging in acrobatics. |