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单词 lark
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No more checking phones, no sneaky cigarettes, no larking about.Some people are owls and others larks.This may sound like students larking around but the reality is deadly serious.And he will think it so very bad to have gone out on a lark just now!This opening lark seems to suit him.Are you an owl or a lark?He continued to lark about during training with his squad.Are you a lark or an owl?Over the past year she seems to have spent all of her spare time larking about on the beach.But it is a long road this management lark and you have got to be able to keep doing it.Can drive you a bit barmy, this acting lark.There's no room for larking around.The sort of Dad who could make being marooned on a desert island seem like a lark.The pair are pictured larking around at rehearsals, below left.If you are a lark or an owl, go with how you feel.I like staying in doing things like playing board games rather than larking about in the pub.Wine Night owl or morning lark?They live on caviar and larks' tongues, you know.But it is a long road this management lark, you know, and you have got to keep doingit.What next - larks' tongues?

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lark

bird

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lark

British English: lark NOUN
A lark is a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound.
  • American English: lark
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cotovia
  • Chinese: 云雀
  • European Spanish: alondra
  • French: alouette
  • German: Lerche
  • Italian: allodola
  • Japanese: ヒバリ
  • Korean: 종다리
  • European Portuguese: cotovia
  • Latin American Spanish: alondra

All related terms of 'lark'

Chinese translation of 'lark'

lark

(lɑːk)

n (c)

  1. (= bird) 云(雲)雀 (yúnquè) (, zhī)
  2. (Brit, inf, = fun) 戏(戲)谑(謔) (xìxuè)
    to do sth for a lark (Brit) 为(為)闹(鬧)着(著)玩而做某事 (wèi nàozhe wán ér zuò mǒushì)
(noun) 
Definition
a harmless piece of mischief
The children thought it was a great lark.
Synonyms
prank
a stupid schoolboy prank
game
Some people simply regard life as a game.
fun
You still have time to join in the fun.
fling
romp
a romp in the snow and slush
spree
revel
mischief
caper
Jack would have nothing to do with such childish capers.
frolic
escapade
The whole ridiculous escapade was his idea.
skylark
gambol
antic
jape
rollick

phrasal verb

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of caper
Definition
a high-spirited escapade
Jack would have nothing to do with such childish capers.
Synonyms
escapade,
sport,
stunt,
mischief,
lark (informal),
prank,
jest,
dido (informal),
practical joke,
high jinks,
antic,
jape,
shenanigan (informal)
in the sense of escapade
Definition
a mischievous act or adventure
The whole ridiculous escapade was his idea.
Synonyms
adventure,
fling,
stunt,
romp,
trick,
scrape (informal),
spree,
mischief,
lark (informal),
caper,
prank,
antic
in the sense of frolic
Definition
a light-hearted occasion
Synonyms
revel,
game,
blast (US, slang),
romp,
spree,
lark,
prank,
escapade,
gambol,
antic,
gambado

Nearby words of
lark

  • large-scale
  • largely
  • largesse
  • lark
  • lark about
  • larynx
  • lascivious

Related terms of
lark

  • lark about

Synonyms of 'lark'

lark

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of fun
Definition
pleasant, enjoyable, and light-hearted activity or amusement
You still have time to join in the fun.
Synonyms
amusement,
sport,
treat,
pleasure,
entertainment,
cheer,
good time,
recreation,
enjoyment,
romp,
distraction,
diversion,
frolic,
junketing,
merriment,
whoopee (informal),
high jinks,
living it up,
jollity,
beer and skittles (informal),
merrymaking,
jollification (old-fashioned)
in the sense of game
Definition
an activity undertaken in a spirit of playfulness
Some people simply regard life as a game.
Synonyms
amusement,
joke,
entertainment,
diversion,
lark,
romp,
frolic,
jest
in the sense of romp
Definition
a noisy or boisterous game or prank
a romp in the snow and slush
Synonyms
frolic,
lark (informal),
caper
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