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

• A small bird, such as a titmouse. small songbirds resembling larks.
  与云雀相象的小歌鸟。
• 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。
• But sure there are no larks in big cities.
  可大城市里哪有云雀呢。
• They no longer heard the larks.
  他们听不进云雀的声音了。
• The sky was blue, the larks were soaring high over the green corn, I thought all that country-side more beautiful and peaceful by far than I had ever known it to be yet.
  蓝蓝的天空，云雀在绿色的谷地上空翱翔，噢，如今的乡间比以往我曾生活过的乡间更加美丽，更加，更加平静。
• 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。
• Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks.
  情侣靠爱情生活，如同云雀靠韭葱生活。
• I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping.
  百灵鸟的叽叽喳喳声把我给吵醒了。
• But surely the larks no longer sang happily.
  但是不用说，云雀唱得也不欢了。
• Our winter visitors, including swans, short-eared owls, meadow larks and shrikes, are departing for their breeding grounds, while swallows, warblers, hummingbirds, thrushes and other species are arriving for the nesting season here.
  冬季的访客像天鹅短耳猫头鹰还有野百灵鸟百舌鸟开始上路远赴繁殖地而在这里筑巢繁殖的如燕子苔莺，蜂鸟画眉等陆续来到。