• n. 云雀；百靈鳥；歡樂
• vi. 騎馬玩樂；嬉耍
• vt. 愚弄
• n. (Lark)人名；(東南亞國家華語)六

詞源不詳。

lark (n.1)

"songbird," early 14c., earlier lauerche (c. 1200), from Old English lawerce (late Old English laferce), from Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (cognates: Old Saxon lewerka, Frisian liurk, Old Norse l?virik, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), of unknown origin. Some Old English and Old Norse forms suggest a compound meaning "treason-worker," but there is no folk tale to explain or support this.

lark (n.2)

"spree, frolic," 1811, possibly shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang "play rough in the rigging of a ship" (larks were proverbial for high-flying), or from English dialectal lake/laik "to play" (c. 1300, from Old Norse leika "to play," from PIE *leig- "to leap") with intrusive -r- common in southern British dialect. The verb lake, considered characteristic of Northern English vocabulary, is the opposite of work but lacks the other meanings of play. As a verb, from 1813. Related: Larked; larking.

1. The children thought it was a great lark.

孩子們以為這很好玩。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The boys didn't mean any harm—they just did it for a lark.

那些男孩并無惡意—他們只是鬧著玩罷了。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.

他認為把云雀關(guān)在籠子里太殘忍了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Give a lark to catch a kite.

得了風箏,失了云雀.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Try the LARK method and see how it works for you.

試下LARK法,然后看看它對你的幫助有多少.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)