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

• 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。
• Research suggests there are biological differences between early larks, who wake up at the same time every morning and feel most active around 9 AM, and night owls, who get more stuff done once the sun goes down.
  研究表明，早起鸟和夜猫子在生物上有着很多区别。早起鸟每天早上同一时间清醒，上午9：00时大脑最为活跃；而夜猫子的办事效率则在太阳落山后更高。
• They no longer heard the larks.
  他们听不进云雀的声音了。
• Your voice is like a meadow larks.
  你的声音虽象草原上的百灵鸟。
• The sky was blue, the larks was soaring high over the green corn.
  长天一片澄蓝，碧绿的庄稼上云雀凌空穿飞。
• I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping.
  百灵鸟的叽叽喳喳声把我给吵醒了。
• The sun began to shine warmly again. The larks were singing and beautiful spring had come.
  太阳又开始温暖地照耀着，云雀在歌唱，美丽的春天已经来临了。
• 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 small bird, such as a titmouse. small songbirds resembling larks.
  与云雀相象的小歌鸟。
• The larks were silent, the young leaves of the early trees smitten and blackened. In my young heart, my mother was strong and healthy, and never got sick.
  百灵鸟沉默了，幼树的嫩芽也被打得发黑。在我幼小的心灵中，妈妈强壮健康，永远不会生病。