| 单词 | lark |
| 释义 | lark (once / 832 pages) 1n 2nv A lighthearted, fun episode is a lark. You could describe the wonderful day you spent with friends exploring little fishing towns along the coast of Maine as a lark. Often unplanned, a lark can happen when you are feeling adventurous. You might decide on a lark to audition for a reality show — and be picked! The act of trying something new like this can also be called larking. A lark is also a kind of songbird. Using lark to describe carefree fun might come from 1800s sailors' slang, skylark, to describe playing in the rigging of the ship, up high like a lark. WORD FAMILYlark: larked, larking, larks USAGE EXAMPLESRepublican leaders are quick to note that, while Garland appears to be qualified, his name is an anagram for “Rancid Lark Germ.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “Oh, they were as happy as larks,” she remembered, smiling. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Lark Gould produces Travel-Intel, a weekly travel news and destination publication for the travel industry. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1 1n any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing Hypo|Hyper Alauda arvensis, skylark brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus 2n a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage Syn|Hypo|Hyper pipit, titlark Anthus pratensis, meadow pipit a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus 3n North American songbirds having a yellow breast 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper meadowlark Sturnella magna, eastern meadowlark a meadowlark of eastern North America Sturnella neglecta, western meadowlarka meadowlark of western North America American oriole, New World oriole, oriole American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow 1n any carefree episode Syn|Hypo|Hyper escapade sexcapade a sexual escapade; an illicit affair diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 2v play boisterously Syn|Hyper cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport play be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children |
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