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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other studies have found morning larks tend to be harder working and conscientious than night owls.
  其他研究也发现，早起鸟比夜猫子更努力更自觉。
• Sitting in the sun, I listened to larks sing.
  我坐在阳光下听云雀歌唱。
• A peasant and his family were working in a little field beneath the singing larks.
  有个农民一家人正在一小块地里干活，头顶上就有云雀在歌唱。
• Your voice is like a meadow larks.
  你的声音虽象草原上的百灵鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• A previous study of US Air Force recruits found evening types were much better at thinking laterally to solve problems than larks.
  先前的一项对美国空军新兵的研究发现，夜猫子利用横向思维来解决问题的能力比早起的人强得多。