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 didn't feel scared cause Li appeared too quickly, thus made me see through their prank.
  我才不怕呢，再说李又这么早的露馅了，让我识破了他们的恶作剧。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's all just a prank.
  只不过是恶作剧而已。
• I thought the prank was pretty funny, and I mentioned it to my father.
  我觉得这恶作剧极好玩，就跟父亲提了此事。
• It's ended up in a senior prank more than once.
  毕业班用它搞恶作剧不止一次了。
• A schoolboy joke, prank, etc.
  男生的玩笑、恶作剧等。
• I've been getting really weird prank phone calls all night.
  我今晚一直接到古怪的恶作剧电话。
• 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；
• Nobody likes you when you're23 and are still more amused by prank phone calls.
  没有人喜欢你当你23岁却还喜欢玩恶作剧的电话。