lark

• n. 云雀；百灵鸟；欢乐
• vi. 骑马玩乐；嬉耍
• vt. 愚弄
• n. (Lark)人名；(东南亚国家华语)六

词源不详。

1. North American yellow-breasted songbirds

2. small songbirds resembling larks

3. any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

4. any carefree episode

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.

The boys didn't mean any harm─they just did it for a lark.

那些男孩并无恶意——他们只是闹着玩罢了。

牛津词典

Perhaps this riding lark would be more fun than she'd thought.

也许这次骑马的无聊活动比她所想象的要好玩一些。

牛津词典

Sod that for a lark! I'm not doing any more tonight.

拉他妈的倒吧！我今晚再也不做了。

牛津词典

The children thought it was a great lark...

孩子们以为这很好玩。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with lark.

睡得早起得早,聪明富裕身体好.

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I, said the Lark, If it's not in the dark, I'll be the clerk.

我, 云雀说, 如果不是在黑暗中, 我来为他记史.

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He only did it for a lark.

他只是闹着玩的.

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What's the betting that you and I aren't rolling rocks before that lark comes down again?

在那只云雀再次飞回来之前,你和我若还不去搬石头,你认为可能会 怎么样 ?

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He was as happy as a lark.

他非常快乐.

辞典例句

Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

早睡早起.

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Lark AntiSpyware is an easy to use and effective antispyware utility.

百灵鸟反间谍软件是一个令人惊讶的有效免费反间谍工具.

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The children are on a lark.

孩子们在闹着玩.

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He was in his native element and as happy as a lark.

他兴趣盎然,自得其乐.

英汉文学

Let there be cuckoos, a lark and a dove.

让这里有布谷鸟, 云雀,和鸽子.

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And, dying, it above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale.

在奄奄一息的时刻, 它超脱了自身的痛苦,而那歌声使云雀和夜莺都黯然失色.

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She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.

她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活.

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He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了.

《简明英汉词典》

He said he only did it for a lark.

他说他只是闹着玩的.

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He was off to a patient while the first lark of the morning carolled above.

当清晨的第一只云雀在天空啾啾时,他就动身去看一个病人了.

辞典例句

A lark was singing high up in the sky.

一只云雀在高空中歌唱.

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It is cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

把云雀拘禁在笼子里是很残忍的.

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That girl was talking about her experiences in Tibet, happy as a lark.

那个女孩眉飞色舞地谈论着在西藏的经历.

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He was sure she must be doing newspaper work as a lark.

他觉得毫无疑问,她一定为了消愁解闷才做新闻工作的.

辞典例句

She rose with the lark.

她一大早就起床了.

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Like to the lark at break of day arising.

就像在破晓之时的云雀.

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They stole the car for a lark, but now they're in trouble.

他们偷了汽车原以为好玩, 现在可惹祸了.

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