prank

英式音标：[præŋk]

美式音标：[præŋk]

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概况：

n. 恶作剧，开玩笑；戏谑

vt. 装饰；打扮

vi. 炫耀自己；胡闹

词义：

n.

恶作剧；开玩笑；

vt.

装饰；打扮；

vi.

炫耀自己；

变形

复数：pranks

英英释义

prank[ præŋk ]

n.

acting like a clown or buffoon

同义词：buffooneryclowningjaperyfrivolityharlequinade

a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

同义词：anticjoketrickcaperput-on

v.

dress or decorate showily or gaudily

"Roses were pranking the lawn"

dress up showily

"He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

用法：

词组短语

play pranks ◎戏弄，开玩笑 , ◎(机器等)出毛病，运转反常

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Later on, we found out that it was one of our friends playing a prank on us.
后来我们才发现原来那是我们同去的一个朋友在和我们开玩笑呢。

Can you imagine Sir Alex Ferguson attempting a disruptive prank like this?
你能想象弗爵爷以这种打断采访的形式来和球员开玩笑么？

He was the goat of their vicious prank.
他成为他们恶作剧的对象。

My older sister put me up to making a prank telephone call.
是我姐姐怂恿我打这个恶作剧电话的。

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同义词：trick out,trick,paint,monkey business,mischief,hang,array

同根词：prankster,prankish,prank

英语词源：

prank (n.)

"a ludicrous trick" [Johnson], 1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to obsolete verb prank "decorate, dress up" (mid-15c.), related to Middle Low German prank "display" (compare also Dutch pronken, German prunken "to make a show, to strut"). The verb in the modern sense also is from 1520s. Related: Pranked; pranking.

造句：

1. A harmless prank.

玩笑指善意的恶作剧

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2. an innocent prank.

无害的恶作剧

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3. A frivolous escapade or prank.

恶作剧，怪诞动作无聊轻浮的越轨行为或恶作剧

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4. prank oneself up [ out ] with

用...把自已打扮起来

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5. a mischievous prank.

一个作弄人的恶作剧

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6. a schoolboy joke, prank, etc

男生的玩笑、 恶作剧等.

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7. A prank;a caper.

恶作剧；玩笑

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8. That prank is old hat.

那个恶作剧是太老一套了

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9. A mischievous trick;a prank.

恶作剧淘气的把戏；恶作剧

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10. A mischievous action; a prank.

恶作剧，捉弄淘气的行动；戏弄

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考