larks

英 [lɑːks]

美 [lɑːrks]

n.  百灵鸟; 云雀; 嬉戏; 玩乐; 玩笑; (认为)浪费时间的活动; 不受重视的活动
v.  嬉耍; 玩乐（与about连用）; 愚弄
lark的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 百灵鸟；云雀
  Alarkis a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound.
• N-COUNT （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 alark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous.
  1. The children thought it was a great lark...
     孩子们以为这很好玩。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT （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 uselarkin expressions such asthis acting larkandthe writing larkto indicate humorously that you think an activity or job is amusing, foolish, or unnecessary.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Everything listened to the singing larks in brooding thoughtlessness.
  周围的一切都忘情地静听着云雀的歌唱。
• The clear blue sky was dotted with fluttering larks.
  天气晴朗，碧空里星星点点的云雀在翩翩飞舞。
• Come evening there were sliced hams, boiled eggs, and roasted larks stuffed with garlic and onions, with pale ales and Myrish fire wines to help in their digestion.
  到了晚上，各种轻微的物质享受和密尔火葡萄酒帮助他们消化切片火腿、煮蛋和洋葱大蒜佐料的烤制品。
• A previous study of US Air Force recruits found evening types were much better at thinking laterally to solve problems than larks.
  先前的一项对美国空军新兵的研究发现，夜猫子利用横向思维来解决问题的能力比早起的人强得多。
• None of your twittering larks, of a banished nightingale from my garden before they interrupt her song.
  胜过每一只婉转的云雀，听了她的歌声，夜莺也会羞惭的从花园中飞走。
• But surely the larks no longer sang happily.
  但是不用说，云雀唱得也不欢了。
• And rouse the earth to smile, and larks to sing
  唤醒了万物&大地微笑，云雀歌唱
• Other studies have found morning larks tend to be harder working and conscientious than night owls.
  其他研究也发现，早起鸟比夜猫子更努力更自觉。
• Sitting in the sun, I listened to larks sing.
  我坐在阳光下听云雀歌唱。
• Larks-in other words, early risers, have two long versions.
  云雀&换句话说，早起者，有两个长基因。