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

• They no longer heard the larks.
  他们听不进云雀的声音了。
• The larks were singing and beautiful spring had come. large showy finches related to cardinals.
  云雀在歌唱，美丽的春天已经来临了。与红衣主教有关的大的艳丽的云雀。
• 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。
• I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping.
  百灵鸟的叽叽喳喳声把我给吵醒了。
• And rouse the earth to smile, and larks to sing
  唤醒了万物&大地微笑，云雀歌唱
• 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。
• 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。
• A small bird, such as a titmouse. small songbirds resembling larks.
  与云雀相象的小歌鸟。
• None of your twittering larks, of a banished nightingale from my garden before they interrupt her song.
  胜过每一只婉转的云雀，听了她的歌声，夜莺也会羞惭的从花园中飞走。