| 释义 |
prankster orig. U.S.|ˈpræŋkstə(r)|
[f. prank n.2 + -ster.]
One who plays pranks; a hoaxer, a practical joker.
1927Amer. Speech II. 245/1, -ster also, for a time, gave signs of being moribund... It is, however, found in a number of new formations{ddd}prankster, [etc.]. 1940O. Nash Face is Familiar (1942) 14 There is at least one thing I would less rather have in the neighbourhood than a gangster, And that one thing is a practical prankster. 1951Mind LX. 468 Suppose a prankster laid out some railroad tracks which..diverged in such a manner as to make them look parallel. 1957C. Rice My Kingdom for Hearse i. 6 Some practical prankster had evidently left a dead horse in his nose. 1969Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 36/4 Police admitted that it was an almost impossible task..to sift the bomb pranksters from the deadly serious ones. 1972‘M. Yorke’ Silent Witness iii. 51 The key..had been turned on her... ‘Some prankster, I suppose... It was a very childish trick.’ 1977Time 24 Jan. 37/1 Ken Waller, a not-too-merry prankster who steals bits of his opponents' costumes in order to upset their concentration before they go onstage to face the judges. |