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Prank People Call Phone 英 Præŋk] 美 Præŋk N.开玩笑;恶作剧;戏谑

英语单词 prank
英美音标 英 [præŋk] 美 [præŋk]
中文释义 n.开玩笑;恶作剧;戏谑
v.盛装;装饰;打扮
英语例句 (1) Later on, we found out that it was one of our friends playing a prank on us.
(2) Can you imagine Sir Alex Ferguson attempting a disruptive prank like this?
(3) He was the goat of their vicious prank.
(4) My older sister put me up to making a prank telephone call.
中文例句 (1) 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。
(2) 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?
(3) 他成为他们恶作剧的对象。
(4) 是我姐姐怂恿我打这个恶作剧电话的。
vocabulary简明 Pretending to be someone else on the phone or putting a whoopee cushion on someone's chair are two very old types of a prank, or practical joke, played at someone else's expense.
vocabulary扩展 There are many kinds of pranks in the world. If you called a friend and said you were the police, that would be a prank phone call. Some pranks can be mean and even dangerous, while others are silly. Some people prank their friends, while others prank people they dislike. Some people never outgrow the need to pull a good prank. A less common meaning of prank is to dress up in a showy or silly way.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]恶作剧;玩笑 A prank is a childish trick.
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