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lark n.云雀；百灵鸟；嬉戏；玩笑v.嬉戏 (1) 一只云雀在高空中歌唱。(2) 他为她而感到骄傲，总是把她比作云雀。(3) 百灵鸟的叫声很动听。(4) 那只快乐的百灵鸟在树林里鸣叫。(5) 她总是唱着歌,比百灵鸟都快乐。(6) 那些男孩子无意作恶，他们不过在闹着玩罢了。(7) 他只是说着玩而已。(8) 别到处胡闹了，干活儿去吧。 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.

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英 [lɑːk] 美 [lɑːrk] (1) A lark was singing high up in the sky.(2) He is so proud of her, and always compares her to a lark.(3) The twitter of the lark is very pleasant.(4) The merry lark warbles in the forest.(5) She was always singing as merrily as any lark.(6) The boys didn't mean any harm,they were only having a lark.(7) He only said it for a lark.(8) Stop larking about and get on with your work. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]百灵鸟；云雀 A lark is a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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 a lark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous. The children thought it was a great lark...孩子们以为这很好玩。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。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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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 use lark in expressions such as this acting lark and the writing lark to indicate humorously that you think an activity or job is amusing, foolish, or unnecessary.   [the/this n N]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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。相关词组：lark around

英语单词	lark
英美音标	英 [lɑːk] 美 [lɑːrk]
中文释义	n.云雀；百灵鸟；嬉戏；玩笑 v.嬉戏
英语例句	(1) A lark was singing high up in the sky. (2) He is so proud of her, and always compares her to a lark. (3) The twitter of the lark is very pleasant. (4) The merry lark warbles in the forest. (5) She was always singing as merrily as any lark. (6) The boys didn't mean any harm,they were only having a lark. (7) He only said it for a lark. (8) Stop larking about and get on with your work.
中文例句	(1) 一只云雀在高空中歌唱。 (2) 他为她而感到骄傲，总是把她比作云雀。 (3) 百灵鸟的叫声很动听。 (4) 那只快乐的百灵鸟在树林里鸣叫。 (5) 她总是唱着歌,比百灵鸟都快乐。 (6) 那些男孩子无意作恶，他们不过在闹着玩罢了。 (7) 他只是说着玩而已。 (8) 别到处胡闹了，干活儿去吧。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]百灵鸟；云雀 A lark is a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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 a lark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous. The children thought it was a great lark... 孩子们以为这很好玩。 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。 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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 use lark in expressions such as this acting lark and the writing lark to indicate humorously that you think an activity or job is amusing, foolish, or unnecessary. [the/this n N] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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。相关词组： lark around

Lark Describe N Count 可数名词 Singing High Fun Acting