prank 英 [præŋk] 美 [præŋk]- 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》 [noun] a practical joke or mischievous act [名词] 恶作剧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.
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)。- 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
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