prank
基本释义
[noun] a practical joke or mischievous act
[名词] 恶作剧
深入解读
Prank 一词不仅与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)上周推送的 yank 同结尾,更与熟词僻义栏目中推送过的 plank 形似,只隔第二个字母不同。
该词词源不详,虽然也曾用来表示过“恶意行为”之类的含义,但现在主要用作名词表示“恶作剧、胡闹”或者说令人难堪的“玩笑”,侧重指旨在得到乐趣或产生滑稽效果的戏耍、捉弄、开玩笑等恶作剧行为,而非造成伤害或损害的恶意行为,比如:
- 他生来就是个有设计天赋的机械师。他读书时总是搞恶作剧捉弄老师。
He was a born mechanic with a flair for design. When he was at school he was always playing pranks on his teachers.
用作动词时, prank 相应表示对某人“恶作剧、胡闹、开过分的玩笑”,比如:
- 独行其是的导演终于明白自己被人恶作剧了。
The maverick director finally realized he’d been pranked.
好书例句
The frankness of the urchin girl, the honesty of latrine-cleaners, made Ayooba sick; he told her she had a soul composed of pig-droppings, and a tongue caked with excrement also; and in the throes of his jealousy he devised the prank of the jump-leads, the trick of the electrified urinal.
这淘气的扫厕所的丫头老老实实,直言不讳,使得阿由巴恶心得要命。他同她说,她的灵魂里面全是猪粪,舌头上也全是屎。他醋意大发之时,想到了跨接电线的恶作剧,也就是在小便池通上电流。
出自印裔英国作家萨尔曼·鲁西迪(Salman Rushdie,又译萨尔曼·拉什迪)在1981年出版的长篇小说《午夜之子》(Midnight’s Children)。
外刊例句
- It bombards users with self-repeating clips. It forms a genre of quick-hit entertainment: a prank, a dare, a teenager looking pretty.
它用循环播放的短视频轰炸用户,形成了一种短平快的娱乐类型:恶作剧、大冒险、看起来很漂亮的少男少女。
——《经济学人》 - A good prank, of course, involves good stagecraft. But it also requires emotional intuition.
当然,一个好的恶作剧需要好的舞台技巧。但它也需要情感直觉。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
- Play a prank – 捉弄
- Pull a prank – 捉弄
- Prank call – 捉弄电话
- Prankster – 恶作剧者
- Prank video – 恶作剧视频
- Prankster crew – 恶作剧团队
- Prank war – 恶作剧战争
- Prank phone call – 恶作剧电话
- Prank idea – 恶作剧点子
- Prank victim – 恶作剧受害者
- Prank gone wrong – 恶作剧出错
- Prank of the day – 恶作剧日
- Prank show – 恶作剧节目
- Prank challenge – 恶作剧挑战
- Prank call app – 恶作剧电话应用
- Prank call recording – 恶作剧电话录音
- Prank ideas for friends – 朋友恶作剧点子
- Prank call jokes – 恶作剧电话笑话
- Epic prank – 史诗级恶作剧
- Hilarious prank – 滑稽的恶作剧
- Innocent prank – 无害的恶作剧
- Elaborate prank – 精心设计的恶作剧
- Office prank – 办公室恶作剧
- School prank – 校园恶作剧
- Public prank – 公众恶作剧
- Prank call ideas – 恶作剧电话点子
- Prankster personality – 恶作剧者的个性
- Prank reaction – 恶作剧反应
- Prank gone viral – 恶作剧走红
- Prank target – 恶作剧目标
- Prank setup – 恶作剧设置
- Prank entertainment – 恶作剧娱乐
- Prank culture – 恶作剧文化
- Prank master – 恶作剧高手
- Prank challenge video – 恶作剧挑战视频
- Prank skills – 恶作剧技巧
- Prank reaction video – 恶作剧反应视频
- Prank war tactics – 恶作剧战争策略
- Prank victim reaction – 恶作剧受害者反应
- Prankster reputation – 恶作剧者的声誉
同近义词
caper: an activity or escapade, typically one that is illicit or ridiculous
escapade: an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure
dido: a mischievous trick or prank