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单词 lark
释义
lark
noun[C]
uk
/lɑːk/us
/lɑːrk/

larknoun[C](BIRD)

(alsoskylark)
asmall,brownbirdthat isknownforitsbeautifulsinging
云雀，百灵鸟
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Other wild birds
  • bird of paradise
  • blackbird
  • blue tit
  • bluebird
  • bluejay
  • finch
  • flycatcher
  • goldfinch
  • greenfinch
  • honeyeater
  • lyrebird
  • macaw
  • magpie
  • martin
  • mockingbird
  • song thrush
  • sparrow
  • squab
  • starling
  • swift
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larknoun[C](ACTIVITY)

informal
anactivitydone for ajokethat is notintendedtocauseseriousharmordamage:
嬉闹；玩笑
Thekidshidtheirteacher'sbikefora lark.孩子们闹着玩把老师的自行车藏了起来。
this...larkinformal
a way of referring to anactivityor asituationthat you do not takeseriously:
这种…气氛，这种…活动（表示不喜欢）
I don't reallythinkI'msuitedto thismarriagelark.我觉得自己并不适合这桩婚姻。
I've had enough of thiscommutinglark.这种通勤方式我可受够了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly behaviour
  • antics
  • buffoonery
  • dottiness
  • dumbness
  • fatuousness
  • foolishness
  • frivolousness
  • fruit loopery
  • game
  • idiocy
  • ludicrousness
  • madness
  • mindlessness
  • oafishness
  • obtuseness
  • puerility
  • screwball
  • the games (that) people playidiom
  • tomfoolery
  • vacuousness
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Idioms

be up with the lark
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!
(Definition oflarkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lark| American Dictionary

lark
noun[C]
us
/lɑrk/

larknoun[C](BIRD)

asmall,brownbirdwith apleasantsong

larknoun[C](ACTIVITY)

anactivitydone forenjoymentoramusement:
Hestartedhang-glidingyearsago as a lark.
(Definition oflarkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflark

lark
By ' a world of nightingales and larks and deer ' presumably he means a world containing such things and lacking humans.
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My action is of many types: a scraping, a buttering, a nocturnal pantry bumbling, a pursuit of a surreptitious snack, a self-indulgence, a midnightlark.
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I suppose "lark"is an old-fashioned word, and they say a"giggle" in the modern idiom of these young people.
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Larkand meat pie used to be sold at a well-known hostelry.
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I could go on with any number—practically every bird you know; all the wagtails, the wood and the shore-larks, the meadow- and tree-pipits, the dipper.
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One cannot expect a raven to hatch alark.
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It has been said the collier likes to hear thelarksing.
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I know of no place where you hear thelarkbetter than in the areas where our coal pits are situated.
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Lorries can be stolen for various purposes—sometimes just for alark—and terrible things can happen.
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That would be alark, and a very happy state of affairs.
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The arrangements suit the larks but not the nightingales.
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I agree also that it is cruel to keep larks in captivity, because it is the nature of that bird to ascend.
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It is for the county council in the first instance to consider whether larks need protection, during the open season.
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It might refer to starlings and larks, as well as to other things.
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He asked who could think of caging larks that sang at heaven's gates.
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