prank

• n. 恶作剧，开玩笑；戏谑
• vt. 装饰；打扮
• vi. 炫耀自己；胡闹

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

2. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

a childish prank

幼稚的恶作剧

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Student pranksters have done considerable damage to the school buildings.

恶作剧的学生对学校的建筑造成相当大的损坏。

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B : Great! A prank call! That's it. We're going to stay in a hotel tonight.

太好了! 一通骚扰电话! 够了. 我们今晚去住酒店.

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It is controversial whether sow false news on the net april fool's day an online prank.

在愚人节时用网路散布不实消息是否算是网路恶作剧引起了争论.

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It is said that the warning call made by an anonymous caller proved to a prank.

据说匿名报警电话原来是个恶作剧.

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One of these skits, " The King of Beasts " resembles a traditional frontier prank.

一出滑稽短剧《兽王 》 酷似传统的边疆闹剧.

英汉非文学 - 民俗

I thought the prank was pretty funny, and I mentioned it to my father.

我觉得这恶作剧很好玩, 就跟父亲提了此事.

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The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.

系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生.

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In addition, both writers oppose the false love and death through a prank way.

另外, 鲁迅与夏目漱石又都以一种近乎戏谑的方式来反对一种虚假的爱与死.

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Ms. Luo said she had received prank calls and plenty of criticism.

罗兰说她收到了很多恶作剧电话和指责.

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My older sister put me up to making a prank telephone call.

是我姐姐怂恿我打这个恶作剧电话的.

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My older Brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.

我大哥让我打了一个恶作剧的电话.

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Hickson, not entirely sure this wasn't some sort of prank, thought a moment before replying.

希克森, 不肯定这是不是某种恶作剧, 但是他还是想了一会儿,然后回答.

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It was just a harmless prank, that's all it was.

那仅是一次无伤大雅的恶作剧, 仅次而已.

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When people come together to create a prank, it encouragescreativityand gives outside of the workload.

但加拿大在今年愚人节之前开展的一项调查显示,恶作剧玩得太过头会毁掉工作.

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The prank . We were lynching ( lynched ) , it we were mind it ( murdered ).

这代表我们被处以 私刑, 我们被谋杀.

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He was the goat of their vicious prank.

他成为他们恶作剧的对象.

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Dido: a mischievous prank or antic; a caper.

胡闹: 一种调皮的恶作剧或胡闹; 鬼把戏.

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It is controversial whether sow false news on the net april fool'san online prank.

时用网路散布不实消息是否算是网路恶作剧引起了争论.

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Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, " April Fool! "

无论怎么胡闹, 骗局结束的时候,人们通常对受害人喊道: “ 笨蛋! ”

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The nooses are no prank. We were lynched, we were murdered.

这些绳套不是恶作剧. 我们被处以了私刑, 我们被谋杀了.

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My brother shook up my mom's soda, as a prank.

我弟弟恶作剧,把我妈的汽水给摇了又摇.

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It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.

人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧.

《简明英汉词典》

来自中古英语pranken,装饰，炫耀，来自Proto-Germanic*prag,挤，压，收腹，穿衣打扮，来自PIE*brangh,挤，压，词源同prance.

1. It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.

人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. One of these skits, " The King of Beasts " resembles a traditional frontier prank.

一出滑稽短剧《兽王 》 酷似传统的边疆闹剧.

来自英汉非文学 - 民俗

3. Some people said this was Kao's prank - a deliberate attempt to break them apart.

有人说这是高松年开的玩笑,存心拆开他们俩.

来自汉英文学 - 围城

4. The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.

系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生.

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5. Ms. Luo said she had received prank calls and plenty of criticism.

罗兰说她收到了很多恶作剧电话和指责.

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prank (n.)

"a ludicrous trick" [Johnson], 1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to obsolete verb prank "decorate, dress up" (mid-15c.), related to Middle Low German prank "display" (compare also Dutch pronken, German prunken "to make a show, to strut"). The verb in the modern sense also is from 1520s. Related: Pranked; pranking.