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

• Some friends playeda prank on him.
  朋友对他搞恶作剧。
• 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。
• If it's a prank, it should be animal blood.
  如果这是恶作剧，那就是动物的血。
• You swore you'd never fall for another April Fool's Day prank.
  你发誓再也不能在愚人节这天被整了。
• Look, it was a prank call, okay?
  你看，那是个恶作剧好吗？
• 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。
• Someone seems to have pulled a quite serious prank.
  好象有人开了个相当严肃的玩笑。
• This is a great prank to pull on a roommate!
  这是愚弄你室友的一个很好玩的恶作剧！
• 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。
• Somebody's playing a prank on me.
  一定是有人在作弄我。