prank

英 [præŋk]

美 [præŋk]

n.  玩笑; 恶作剧

复数：pranks　现在分词：pranking　过去式：pranked　第三人称单数：pranks　过去分词：pranked　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20340 / COCA.14176

牛津词典

noun

• 玩笑；恶作剧
  a trick that is played on sb as a joke
  1. a childish prank
     幼稚的恶作剧

柯林斯词典

• 恶作剧；玩笑
  Aprankis a childish trick.

英英释义

noun

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  Synonym:anticjoketrickcaperput-on
• acting like a clown or buffoon
  Synonym:buffooneryclowningjaperyfrivolityharlequinade

verb

• dress up showily
  1. He pranked himself out in his best clothes
• dress or decorate showily or gaudily
  1. Roses were pranking the lawn

双语例句

• I was sure the receptionist must have made a mistake, or that it was a prank call.
  我断定，前台搞错了，要不就是个捣乱电话。
• He knew it was a prank?
  他知道那是在恶作剧？
• Look, it was a prank call, okay?
  你看，那是个恶作剧好吗？
• A schoolboy joke, prank, etc.
  男生的玩笑、恶作剧等。
• I don't think it's a prank, No.
  我可不认为这是恶作剧，不是。
• It started out as a prank.
  开始只是个恶作剧。
• Up until this point, I had assumed it was some youths playing a prank with me.
  直到这之前，我一直以为是某些少年在跟我搞恶作剧。
• Perhaps tickled by the prank he was about to play, Marcel Duchamp purchased a Bedfordshire urinal.
  马塞尔•杜尚（MarcelDuchamp）也许正为他要玩的恶作剧开心不已：他买了一个贝德福德郡小便池。
• The mail was a prank.
  这是一个恶作剧。
• When I asked him to stop this prank, he was still a mouthful;
  当我请他停止这种恶作剧时，他还趾高气扬地反咬我一口；