亚洲网紅露点

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lark

1

[ lahrk ]

noun

  1. any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
  2. any of various similar birds of other families, as the meadowlark and titlark.


lark

2

[ lahrk ]

noun

  1. a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
  2. innocent or good-natured mischief; a prank.
  3. something extremely easy to accomplish, succeed in, or to obtain:

    That exam was a lark.

verb (used without object)

  1. to have fun; frolic; romp.
  2. to behave mischievously; play pranks.
  3. Fox Hunting. (of a rider) to take jumps unnecessarily:

    He tired his horse by larking on the way home.

lark

1

/ 濒蓱藧办 /

noun

  1. any brown songbird of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae, esp the skylark: noted for their singing
  2. short for titlark meadowlark
  3. often capital any of various slender but powerful fancy pigeons, such as the Coburg Lark
  4. up with the lark
    up early in the morning
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lark

2

/ 濒蓱藧办 /

noun

  1. a carefree adventure or frolic
  2. a harmless piece of mischief
  3. what a lark!
    how amusing!
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. often foll by about to have a good time by frolicking
  2. to play a prank
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞濒补谤办别谤, noun
  • 藞濒补谤办颈蝉丑苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞濒补谤办颈蝉丑, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒补谤办顎侥谤 noun
  • 濒补谤办顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 濒补谤办顎僫蝉丑路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 濒补谤办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 濒补谤办顎僫蝉丑 濒补谤办顎儁 adjective
  • 濒补谤办顎僫蝉丑路ly adverb
  • 濒补谤办顎僺辞尘别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lark1

before 900; Middle English larke, Old English 濒腻飞别谤肠别; cognate with German Lerche, Dutch leeuwerik, Old Norse 濒牵惫颈谤办颈

Origin of lark2

First recorded in 1805鈥15; origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lark1

Old English l膩werce, l牵werce, of Germanic origin; related to German Lerche, Icelandic 濒牵惫颈谤办颈

Origin of lark2

C19: originally slang, perhaps related to laik
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with lark , also see happy as the day is long (as a lark) .
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Think of these folks like people who get audited by a Scientologist once, on a lark, but are weirded out by the process and never go back.

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"You need to figure out who are the night owls and who are the morning larks. It is no good putting people in at the opposite end of the scale."

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It has gone from being a flaky lark to a somewhat essential part of many a promotional tour.

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Wiping off the Gulf of Mexico from U.S. maps isn鈥檛 a lark; it鈥檚 a promise of more to come.

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We鈥檇 done most of the record, and he said, 鈥渙n a lark, what if we did 鈥榃alk Like an Egyptian鈥?鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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