larks

英 [lɑːks]

美 [lɑːrks]

n.  百灵鸟; 云雀; 嬉戏; 玩乐; 玩笑; (认为)浪费时间的活动; 不受重视的活动
v.  嬉耍; 玩乐（与about连用）; 愚弄
lark的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 百灵鸟；云雀
  Alarkis a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound.
• N-COUNT （可能带有淘气或危险性质的）玩乐，玩耍，嬉戏
  If you say that doing something is alark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous.
  1. The children thought it was a great lark...
     孩子们以为这很好玩。
  2. The chances are that the thief will be under 21 and doing it for a lark...
     偷东西的很可能是个不到21岁的年轻人，干这事儿只是贪玩。
  3. He'd made it seem rather a lark, to be visiting a supposedly haunted house.
     他把到一间据说闹鬼的屋子探访说得好像多有意思似的。
• N-COUNT （用于幽默地表示好笑、愚蠢或多余）演戏这玩意儿/耍笔杆子这一行
  You uselarkin expressions such asthis acting larkandthe writing larkto indicate humorously that you think an activity or job is amusing, foolish, or unnecessary.
  1. He got the part, and eventually decided the acting lark wasn't half bad.
     他赢得了那个角色，一番考虑后觉得演戏这玩意儿感觉也还不错。

双语例句

• Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks.
  情侣靠爱情生活，如同云雀靠韭葱生活。
• But surely the larks no longer sang happily.
  但是不用说，云雀唱得也不欢了。
• The sun began to shine warmly again. The larks were singing and beautiful spring had come.
  太阳又开始温暖地照耀着，云雀在歌唱，美丽的春天已经来临了。
• Other studies have found morning larks tend to be harder working and conscientious than night owls.
  其他研究也发现，早起鸟比夜猫子更努力更自觉。
• Everything listened to the singing larks in brooding thoughtlessness.
  周围的一切都忘情地静听着云雀的歌唱。
• None of your twittering larks, of a banished nightingale from my garden before they interrupt her song.
  胜过每一只婉转的云雀，听了她的歌声，夜莺也会羞惭的从花园中飞走。
• We had a few larks at school, didn't we?
  我们在学校里开过几个玩笑，是吧？
• And rouse the earth to smile, and larks to sing
  唤醒了万物&大地微笑，云雀歌唱
• A previous study of US Air Force recruits found evening types were much better at thinking laterally to solve problems than larks.
  先前的一项对美国空军新兵的研究发现，夜猫子利用横向思维来解决问题的能力比早起的人强得多。
• But sure there are no larks in big cities.
  可大城市里哪有云雀呢。