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English Lark Norse N Lɑ:K N./V.玩乐,嬉耍 英 玩笑,嬉耍(To

单词 lark
音标 [lɑ:k]
解释 n./v.玩乐,嬉耍
红宝书 【英】 n. 玩笑,嬉耍(to play or frolic; have a merry time)
【记】 原义为'百灵鸟'
【例】 She did it just for a lark.
字源 lark (n.1)
"songbird," early 14c., earlier lauerche (c.1200), from Old English lawerce (late Old English laferce), from Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (cognates: Old Saxon lewerka, Frisian liurk, Old Norse lævirik, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), of unknown origin. Some Old English and Old Norse forms suggest a compound meaning "treason-worker," but there is no folk tale to explain or support this.
lark (n.2)
"spree, frolic," 1811, possibly shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang "play rough in the rigging of a ship" (larks were proverbial for high-flying), or from English dialectal lake/laik "to play" (c.1300, from Old Norse leika "to play," from PIE *leig- "to leap") with intrusive -r- common in southern British dialect. The verb lake, considered characteristic of Northern English vocabulary, is the opposite of work but lacks the other meanings of play. As a verb, from 1813. Related: Larked; larking.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 玩笑, 嬉耍(善意的恶作剧)
【记】源于: lark(n 百灵鸟)喜欢嬉戏的鸟. 源于: lake. 在湖边嬉戏.
趣味全助记 【记】可能来自lake 去湖里玩;音:拉客,街上有许多拉客的,都是拉人玩乐的;park 里有lark在飞,还有小狗的bark声

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