英语词汇“antics”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

antics

/ˈantɪks

plural noun

Foolish, outrageous, or amusing behaviour: the antics of our political parties...

Much of the laughter at the antics of the buffoons is a collective release of tension.
They resorted to keeping a diary of his escapades and videotaping his antics as evidence.
You need to change your reaction to their antics if you want to alter their behaviour in the first place.

Synonyms

capers, amusing behaviour, pranks, larks, escapades, high jinks, skylarking, stunts, tricks, horseplay, romps, frolics;

silliness, foolish behaviour, tomfoolery, foolery, clowning, buffoonery

British informal monkey tricks

North American informal didoes

archaic harlequinades

Origin

Early 16th century: from antic.

antiquity from Middle English:
This word comes from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus ‘old, former’ developed from ante ‘before’ (see ante). Antics (early 16th century) is from the same source by way of Italian antico ‘antique’, used to mean grotesque, and as a term for the grinning faces carved on architecture fashionable at the time. From this it came to be used for grotesque behaviour.

单词	antics
释义	antics /ˈantɪks / plural noun Foolish, outrageous, or amusing behaviour: the antics of our political parties... Much of the laughter at the antics of the buffoons is a collective release of tension. They resorted to keeping a diary of his escapades and videotaping his antics as evidence. You need to change your reaction to their antics if you want to alter their behaviour in the first place. Synonyms capers, amusing behaviour, pranks, larks, escapades, high jinks, skylarking, stunts, tricks, horseplay, romps, frolics; silliness, foolish behaviour, tomfoolery, foolery, clowning, buffoonery British informal monkey tricks North American informal didoes archaic harlequinades Origin Early 16th century: from antic. antiquity from Middle English: This word comes from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus ‘old, former’ developed from ante ‘before’ (see ante). Antics (early 16th century) is from the same source by way of Italian antico ‘antique’, used to mean grotesque, and as a term for the grinning faces carved on architecture fashionable at the time. From this it came to be used for grotesque behaviour.
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