prank

英 [præŋk]

美 [præŋk]

n.  玩笑; 恶作剧

复数：pranks　现在分词：pranking　过去式：pranked　第三人称单数：pranks　过去分词：pranked　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20340 / COCA.14176

牛津词典

noun

• 玩笑；恶作剧
  a trick that is played on sb as a joke
  1. a childish prank
     幼稚的恶作剧

柯林斯词典

• 恶作剧；玩笑
  Aprankis a childish trick.

英英释义

noun

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  Synonym:anticjoketrickcaperput-on
• acting like a clown or buffoon
  Synonym:buffooneryclowningjaperyfrivolityharlequinade

verb

• dress up showily
  1. He pranked himself out in his best clothes
• dress or decorate showily or gaudily
  1. Roses were pranking the lawn

双语例句

• Called a "Fool's Day joke" prank you will be forgiven.
  叫一声“愚人节玩笑”你的恶作剧就会被原谅。
• I was sure the receptionist must have made a mistake, or that it was a prank call.
  我断定，前台搞错了，要不就是个捣乱电话。
• I've been getting really weird prank phone calls all night.
  我今晚一直接到古怪的恶作剧电话。
• He knew it was a prank?
  他知道那是在恶作剧？
• You swore you'd never fall for another April Fool's Day prank.
  你发誓再也不能在愚人节这天被整了。
• It's ended up in a senior prank more than once.
  毕业班用它搞恶作剧不止一次了。
• Perhaps tickled by the prank he was about to play, Marcel Duchamp purchased a Bedfordshire urinal.
  马塞尔•杜尚（MarcelDuchamp）也许正为他要玩的恶作剧开心不已：他买了一个贝德福德郡小便池。
• What kind of sick prank are you trying to play?
  你要玩什么恶心的恶作剧啊？
• A schoolboy joke, prank, etc.
  男生的玩笑、恶作剧等。
• If it's a prank, it should be animal blood.
  如果这是恶作剧，那就是动物的血。