lark

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lark1 /lɑːk $ lɑːrk/ noun [countable]  1. HBBa small brown singing bird with long pointed wings 百灵鸟；云雀 SYN skylark2  informalFUNNY something that you do to amuse yourself or as a joke 玩笑，玩乐as/for a lark I only went along for a lark. 我跟着一起去只是为了好玩。3  blow/sod/bugger etc that for a lark British English spoken not politeNO used when you stop doing something or refuse to do something because it needs too much effort 开玩笑〔用于某事太费精力而不想干时〕Paint the whole room? Sod that for a lark! 油漆整个房间？ 开什么玩笑！4  British English spokenDO used to describe an activity that you think is silly or difficult 无聊活动 Salad again? How long are you going to keep up this healthy eating lark? 又是色拉？你这种没意义的“健康”饮食法还要保持多久？5. be up with the lark to get up very early 早起

Examples from the Corpus

lark• Had it been a lark on the dead man's part?• The sky was still blue, the sun still shone, somewhere near by a lark gibbered away.• No shame, just a bit of a lark.• Then, on a lark, I applied to a college outside of Davis, California, so I just went down.• I had to go to Jersey and Guernsey on Wednesday-that's always rather a lark.• The trip to Dresden was a lark.• The operatic male nightingales, warblers, and larks are brown and usually almost indistinguishable from their females.• This surprisingly funny, reverse-Cyrano lark is witty, wise and the most romantic comedy so far this year.as/for a lark• Finally, as a lark, I start writing as if I were Victorine.• I really only went along to the interviews for a lark, as company for a friend.• They didn't come home just for a lark.• Under the influence of the drugs we exchanged a few playful cuddles and kisses, just for a lark.• But then you realise that there's no room whatsoever for larking about and enjoying yourself.lark2 verb  1 lark about/around phrasal verb British English informal ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto have fun by behaving in a silly way 胡闹，闹着玩 SYN mess about A couple of boys were larking about in the pool. 几个男孩在泳池里嬉闹。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

lark• But then you realise that there's no room whatsoever for larking about and enjoying yourself.• Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons.• Stu would be laughing and larking about with his mates at the wallpaper shop.• They all go bicycling together and run across bridges and lark about, yes?• Only a couple of kids larking about.• She thought of the noise of the lodging houses with the chorus girls shrieking at each other and larking in the corridors.Origin lark 1. Old English lawerce2. (1800-1900) lark “to play around” ((19-21 centuries)), perhaps from lake “to play” ((11-20 centuries)) (from Old English lacan), or from → LARK2

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lark¹ /lɑːk $ lɑːrk/ noun [countable]1. a small brown singing bird with long pointed wings
   SYN  skylark
2. informal something that you do to amuse yourself or as a joke
    as/for a lark
    I only went along for a lark.
3. blow/sod/bugger etc that for a lark British English spoken not polite used when you stop doing something or refuse to do something because it needs too much effort:
    Paint the whole room? Sod that for a lark!
4. British English spoken used to describe an activity that you think is silly or difficult:
    Salad again? How long are you going to keep up this healthy eating lark?
5. be up with the lark to get up very early

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lark² verb
     
lark about/around phrasal verb British English informal
  to have fun by behaving in a silly way
   SYN  mess about:
    A couple of boys were larking about in the pool.