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

• The clear blue sky was dotted with fluttering larks.
  天气晴朗，碧空里星星点点的云雀在翩翩飞舞。
• But sure there are no larks in big cities.
  可大城市里哪有云雀呢。
• Sitting in the sun, I listened to larks sing.
  我坐在阳光下听云雀歌唱。
• 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。
• Our winter visitors, including swans, short-eared owls, meadow larks and shrikes, are departing for their breeding grounds, while swallows, warblers, hummingbirds, thrushes and other species are arriving for the nesting season here.
  冬季的访客像天鹅短耳猫头鹰还有野百灵鸟百舌鸟开始上路远赴繁殖地而在这里筑巢繁殖的如燕子苔莺，蜂鸟画眉等陆续来到。
• 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。
• Only about seven per cent of young adults are morning larks, while by age 60 most people preferred to be up with the dawn.
  青年人中只有7%的人是早起鸟，而到了60岁，大部分人都喜欢在黎明起床。
• Larks-in other words, early risers, have two long versions.
  云雀&换句话说，早起者，有两个长基因。
• Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write.
  玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的。
• Everything listened to the singing larks in brooding thoughtlessness.
  周围的一切都忘情地静听着云雀的歌唱。